Key Figure

Definition

Data Rules

Total 

Workforce

Number of people hired in Solvay HR System including externals.

Clean counter per person ID with:

a) Employee status: Inactive Leave, Active, Active Leave

b) Employee class: Regular, Impatriate, Semi-retiree, Trainee, Student, Apprentice, US Secondee, Split Payroll, Temporary, External Person

Exclusions: Retiree/Pensioner, Special Pay, Special Person, Expatriate, Regular Expa

Active 

Internal Workforce

Number of active Solvay employees.

Clean counter per person ID with:

a) Employee status: Active

b) Employee class: Regular, Impatriate, Semi-retiree

Active 

Internal Workforce FTE

Measure that reflects the percentage of planned working time when compared with a full time job. 

Example: An employee on a full time job will be represented as 1; 

An employee on a part time job at 50% will be represented as 0.5

Clean counter per person ID with:

a) Employee status: Active

b) Employee class: Regular, Impatriate, Semi-retiree

Captured from FTE field in Employee Central

Action Reason

Valid for historical data - the period before 1 November 2020.

Equivalent to the current dimension Event Reason

Action Type (*)

Valid for historical data - the period before 1 November 2020.

Equivalent to the current dimension Event 

Age in Years (*)

Employee age in years for the selected period

Age Range (*)

1 - Less than 20 Years

2 - Between 20 and 29 Years

3 - Between 30 and 39 Years

4 - Between 40 and 49 Years

5 - Between 50 and 59 Years

6 - Between 60 and 69 Years

7 - More than or equal to 70 Years

Assessment Score (*)

Employee Assessment score; result of the campaign of the selected time period in the report

BFC Geographie/zone

Region (Financial scope)

BSA Group

The BSA - Business Support Activity includes all teams active in the same functional domain; is assigned based on the cost center of the employee, ie, an employee belongs or does not belong to a specific BSA according to the mapping done at the level of the cost center and its correct allocation to the employee's profile in the EC; note that currently there are employees with no BSA as  this is a work in progress under Finance responsibility.

Bus. Unit (Ent.Grp)

Business Unit to which an employee belongs on the time period selected in the report (GBU, Group Functions, SBS)

Cadre, Non Cadre (*)

Group dimension that allows classifying the population of employees into two groups: cadre and non-cadre 

Contract Type (*)

Employee’s contract type on the time period selected in the report

Employee’s controlling area on the time period selected in the report

Employee’s cost center on the time period selected in the report

Currency identifier; valid for currency fields and metrics

Organizational structure to which the employee belongs for the time period selected in the report

Identify important employee events relating to his/her career or employment journey, such as hiring, promotion, long-term leave of absence, retirement... Events are administered through personnel actions which combine Event and Event reasons that trigger a specific employment status and are linked in some cases to a particular set of employee groups.

Linked with EC Event, it’s used to identify the reason for a particular action; as example, Event 'Termination' identifies the employees that leave the Company but Event reason identify the reason behind the leaving as 'End of Contract', 'Resignation'...

Employee’s email address

Group that distinguishes employees that are in global assignment, from the total Solvay's population, filtering by Global Assignment

Regular, Impatriate, Semi-retiree,
Trainee, Student, Apprentice,
US Secondee, Split Payroll,Temporary,
External Person, Retiree/Pensioner,
Special Pay, Special Person, Expatriate, Regular Expa

Note: former Employee Group

Warning : Depending on the metric and data range selected, employee class value may vary. 

Employee Subgroup Grouping groups the types of workforce within the total workforce of the company based on the type of the work, level of responsibility and contractual relationship.

Employee sub classification of the Employee Subgroup Grouping
Note: former Employee Subgroup

Employee’s full name

Based on last Appraisal campaign identification of population with score < and > 4.

Employee’s hiring date

STI or SPI incentive plan of the employee

Date when employee started or changed in a Job Code

Employee’s job function

Last day worked by an employee; the termination event date can be different

Senior Management (≥S23)
Middle Management (S19-S22)
Junior Management (S15-S18)
Non managerial

Employee’s nationality

Date when the employee started working at solvay; for expatriation the date is the same at home/host

Employee’s pay grade

Percentage of planned working time. This dimension will have impact in the measure “Active Internal Workforce FTE”.

Position Entry Date (*)

Flag that identifies an employee that is considered a regret termination

Based on Original start date this field gives the employee’s seniority in years

1 - Less than 1 year
2 - Between 1 and 2 Years
3 - Between 3 and 4 Years
4 - Between 5 and 9 Years
5 - Between 10 and 19 Years
6 - Between 20 and 29 Years
7 - Between 30 and 39 Years

Identifies the id number (person id) of the direct Manager of the employees

Identifies the user id of the direct Manager of the employees

Date of the termination event of an employee that left Solvay; starting from that date the employee is not part of the workforce

Employee’s User ID; one Person ID can have multiple User Id

Identifies the employee by Internal, External, N.A considering the employee class

Employee’s Address - available as an attribute of “Person ID” dimension.
(Note: currently this field is not being upload to all employees due to a technical issue that is being solved.)

Employee’s Birthplace - available as an attribute of “Person ID” dimension

Employee’s National Identity Number - available as an attribute of “Person ID” dimension

Employee’s phone number - available as an attribute of “Person ID” dimension

Employee status not dependent on the time range selected in the report, it shows the current employee status

Grouping of the Employee Classes independently of country (note: that technical name of employee class is dependent of country)

Number of employee’s layer in the organization

Direct reports that one employee has as supervisor,including external employees

All levels of span of control including external employees

Indication if a person is a Manager of Internal Employees. One Supervisor can have direct reports and not be considered manager.

S-grade of the position

Estimation by country and company of the charges on bonus. This value is used in the calculation of the estimated Total Cost of Employee (TCE) - available in the measures.

Estimation by country and company of the charges on salary. This value is used in the calculation of the estimated Total Cost of Employee (TCE) - available in the measures.

For non-cadres: Estimation by country and company of the target percentage. For cadres this value is uploaded from HR system. This value is used in the calculation of the estimated Total Cost of Employee (TCE) - available in the measures.

Adjustments made by finance for the calculation of the estimated Total Cost of Employee (TCE) - available in the measures.

Uploaded from Solvay Rewards - Compensation.
(Note: currently this field is not being upload to all employees due to a technical issue that is being solved.)

Based on the Pay Range (Local). Midpoint is set by S grade and is directly linked to the median of pay in the market. Pay range is set as +/-20% from Midpoint.

A pay range is defined as the minimum and maximum amount of pay (salary or fixed remuneration) in the peer market for the jobs with similar value.

Calculation: Annual salary / (Mid Point * FTE) * 100

Bonus Plan determines the variable compensation plan based on the individual and/or collective results.