Migros offers its employees continuous support in the areas of health and safety in order to improve their wellbeing, commitment and performance.
Migros is active in the following strategic areas: occupational health and safety, physical and mental health, employability and employee commitment.
By implementing a systematic health system – the group-wide solution (GWS) M-Group – Migros protects its employees against accidents in the workplace and work-related illness. The GWS defines mandatory safety standards based on regulatory requirements and the companies’ needs. It is externally audited and recertified every five years by the Federal Coordination Commission for Occupational Safety. In addition, the Migros Group companies undergo regular internal audits to ensure compliance with legal and company requirements. These efforts are reflected in a low occupational accident rate of 0.3%.
Migros also takes measures above and beyond the statutory health and safety requirements to ensure a safe working environment and healthy employees.
High level of commitment
Migros also takes measures above and beyond the statutory health and safety requirements to ensure a safe working environment and healthy employees. Thirteen Migros companies have been awarded the Friendly Work Space quality label by the Swiss Health Promotion Foundation for their efforts in the area of occupational health management (OHM). Under the own brand well@Migros, all Migros Industrie companies have committed to doing as much as possible to ensure the health and wellbeing of their employees. Despite the pandemic, the Migros Group’s average rate of absenteeism due to illness remained constant at 4.6%, and absence due to non-occupational accidents was low at 0.5%.
To maintain the employability of its people, Migros offers a wide range of training and development options for employees and managers. It also promotes flexible working models and offers the possibility of reducing working hours in the lead up to retirement.
The success of the investments in health and performance and in the corporate culture is reflected in the excellent results with regard to long-term employee commitment. The results across all participating companies of the Migros Group were well above the Swiss benchmark.
|
|
Rates of absenteeism |
||
|
|
Illness |
Occupational accidents |
Non-occupational accidents |
|
Total |
4.6% |
0.3% |
0.5% |
|
Cooperative Retailing |
4.7% |
0.3% |
0.6% |
|
Migros Industry |
4.6% |
0.4% |
0.5% |
|
Commerce |
5.2% |
0.8% |
0.0% |
|
Travel |
1.6% |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Financial Services |
2.9% |
0.0% |
0.3% |