Collaboration is part of Capgemini’s D.N.A. and one of the pillars of our service delivery.
Collaboration With Our People
The Group aims to offer every staff member a rewarding professional and personal life by providing interesting client assignments, challenging roles, shared knowledge, training and leadership development opportunities, state-of-the-art technology, rigorous delivery methods and certification programmes, leading practices, and a collaborative work atmosphere.
The company believes in a two-way dialogue with employees, considered within a collaborative process, in order to define goals relating to management, performance and compensation.
Spotlight on Employee Consultation in the UKCapgemini UK has a strong and effective employee consultation and relations approach. Employee Forums have been set up in each part of the business and we have long established relations with a number of trade unions as well as a close working relationship with our National Works Council. The National Works Council (NWC) is a body made up of Representatives from each of our Forums (Outsourcing, Aspire, Consulting/Technology) which consults on matters which have a universal application across all Business Units. The NWC meets on a bi-monthly basis and adopts a collective consultation approach. It is only concerned with issues which impact on or have implications for all employees regardless of which UK Business Unit they work in across the UK or Ireland. Minutes are published for all employees to see. Our employee survey is a vital chance for every person in Capgemini to make their voice heard and shape improvements to the way we operate. The Executive boards and management teams are committed to listening to the views and, wherever possible, to making changes to address any concerns. Each year, every employee is invited to take part in the survey and the results are outcomes freely available to all employees. |
Constructive Dialogue
Capgemini upholds the laws of representation and recognises the importance of a two-way dialogue with employees in shaping key management decisions. Since 2001, the International Works Council (IWC) has acted as a representative body which meets four times a year. It enables employee representatives to bring employee interests directly to the attention of Group management and in return to be actively informed by management about developments in the company and their impact.
By opening IWC meetings up to members from non-European countries, including the Americas and India, we have gone beyond the dictates of European legislation to create a truly global representative body.
In 2005 a working session on our Corporate Responsibility strategy was held with the IWC, generating widespread support and suggestions. The IWC has also set up a dedicated intranet site to give all our employees open access to IWC information.
