Human Capital

Employee relations

Over the last few years, Group Five has made significant strides towards becoming an employer of choice.The group aims to offer meaningful careers to employees and to create an environment in which all employees are engaged and committed. This continued commitment is paying dividends, as employee retention, performance and feedback continue to improve.

The group’s employee value proposition rests on four pillars:

• The quality of our management and management systems
• Ensuring continuous development of our employees through the group’s in-house corporate university, The Group Five Academy
• Recognising and competitively rewarding employees
• Offering a wide range of job opportunities within the group

 Key achievements

Our key measure of monitoring success is the feedback we receive. Find below some external endorsements.             External endorsements             In line with the group’s over-arching quality management programme, the corporate HR function was externally audited by DEKRA against ISO 9001:2008 standards. Pleasingly, it achieved a clean audit in the HR function, with only two recommendations for improvement in the Academy. The recommendations focused on improvements in capturing and analysing learner feedback.       We were rated as the 9th most empowered company in South Africa by the Financial Mail Top Empowerment Companies Survey. We were also the winner in the basic industrial sector and ranked third in the Top 100 companies list in terms of our skills development.       Group Five achieved best employer status in terms of the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF) 2010 HR survey. The CRF was founded to showcase best practice in the field of HR management.       Group Five was voted as the top employer in the construction sector in the Magnet Communications Survey in 2010. This survey tracks perceptions from young professionals across 22 tertiary institutions in South Africa. › We also achieved 9th position in the engineering and industrial sector against large companies such as Eskom, Sasol and Anglo American. This shows substantial progress for the group, as in 2007 it held 30th position Internal endorsement During 2010 we conducted an internal employee survey for the second year. The participation rate doubled to over 50% of employees, with 66% rating us as a top company. Based on this categorisation, our “top company” status indicates that the motivational level of employees will facilitate growth and change.

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