PSA has signed a manifesto for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace.
Today, the Group employs 7,500 disabled people worldwide.
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“In signing this manifesto, we are demonstrating our commitment to employ and integrate people with disabilities, a process we at PSA have embraced for nearly 20 years,” said PSA EVP, Human Resources, Xavier Chereau.
“Beyond our social and societal responsibility, we are convinced the human dimension and diversity in all its components are levers of performance.”
PSA has already signed six agreements on the topic with its employee representatives, the first in 2000 and the most recent in 2017.
The French manufacturer says it has four principles: change how people with disabilities are perceived by providing training and raising awareness; integrate and retain disabled employees; recognise disability as a status and provide assistance; mobilise stakeholders, in particular, to implement preventative solutions.
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By GlobalDataPSA adds it has taken action to integrate and support employees with disabilities. Having mobilised its teams around the issue, including managers, occupational physicians, HR and trade unions, the Group currently has 4,500 employees with disabilities in France.
The percentage of disabled employees in the total workforce stands at 7.2%, exceeding the legally required rate of 6%.
Next Monday (18 November) will see the start of European Disability Employment Week and will kick off activities across all PSA sites.
Ten commitments:
- Offer job observation internships to high school students with disabilities to help them clarify their career objectives and choose the appropriate course of study
- Provide disabled high school and university students with access to the business world, in particular through apprenticeship, work-study and internship opportunities
- Ensure all candidates with disabilities who have the appropriate profile and skills are interviewed for all open positions
- Carry out internal awareness-building campaigns on a regular basis to combat stereotypes and discrimination against people with disabilities
- Encourage new hires to actively engage with the challenges of disability in the workplace
- Optimise access to all company resources, in particular digital tools, for people with disabilities.
- Include digital accessibility in master plan design for information systems and develop digital solutions
- Develop economic relationships with the sheltered employment sector, including companies and organisations which employ people with disabilities and self-employed people with disabilities, with the aim of entrusting them with orders and outsourcing engagements that meet quality requirements
- Develop ties to the sheltered employment sector, including companies and organisations which employ people with disabilities, in order to integrate people with disabilities into all companies
- Include social criteria regarding disability and inclusiveness in the tender process and the prerequisites for participation in order to get all partners involved in the inclusive approach
