2021 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

General and financial elements

At 31 December 2021, VINCI’s workforce consisted of 45,133 managers (20.6% of the workforce) and 174,166 non-managers (79.4% of the workforce). The percentage of female staff increased between 2020 and 2021 to 16.5% (16.1% in 2020), as did the proportion of women managers, to 21.6% in 2021 from 21.1% in 2020 (see paragraph 1.5, “Inclusion and diversity”, page 188, on the objectives and actions concerning the role of women in the Group).

Workforce at 31 December 2021 by category, gender and business line, with change(*)
  2021 2020 2021/2020
  VINCI Autoroutes VINCI Airports Other concessions VINCI Energies VINCI Construction VINCI Immobilier and holding cos. Total % Total Change
Managers 1,091 1,477 461 17,389 23,721 994 45,133 20.6% 43,651 +3.4%
Men 684 962 310 14,061 18,817 531 35,365 78.4% 34,456 +2.6%
Women 407 515 151 3,328 4,903 463 9,767 21.6% 9,194 +6.2%
Other - - - - 1 - 1 0.0% - 0.0%
Non-managers
4,671 7,903 1,223 68,166 91,549 654 174,166 79.4% 174,080 0.0%
Men 2,729 5,513 641 59,011 79,652 199 147,745 84.8% 148,293 -0.4%
Other 1,942 2,390 582 9,155 11,894 455 26,418 15.2% 25,785 +2.5%
Other - - - - 3 - 3 0.0% 2 0.0%
Total 5,762 9,380 1,684 85,555 115,270 1,648 219,299 100.0% 217,731 +0.7%
Men 3,413 6,475 951 73,072 98,469 730 183,110 83.5% 182,749 +0.2%
Women 2,349 2,905 733 12,483 16,797 918 36,185 16.5% 34,979 +3.4%
Other - - - - 4 - 4 0.0% - 0.0%

(*) Data checked by the Statutory Auditors, see page 268 of the 2021 Universal Registration Document.

Workforce at 31 December 2021 by age

  • 21,675 employees aged under 25 (10% of the total workforce)
  • 54,818 employees aged 26 to 35 (25% of the total workforce)
  • 84,560 employees aged 36 to 50 (38% of the total workforce)
  • 58,247 employees aged over 50 (27% of the total workforce)
1.1.2 Types of employment contract, and changes

At end-2021, 190,227 staff were employed under permanent job contracts and 29,072 under non-permanent job contracts (primarily fixed-term contracts in France). The Group’s business lines make use of temporary staff to keep pace with changes in their business activities. In 2021, 22,961 temporary staff (full-time equivalent) worked for VINCI, a change of 17.2% from 2020. VINCI promotes the integration of young people on work-study programmes. The Group has continued its support for the development of these programmes during the year by signing an open letter alongside other large companies, which appeared in a major French newspaper. In 2021, 7,216 young people received training under work-study programmes within the Group (5,983 in 2020).

Workforce at 31 December 2021 by type of employment contract and business line, with change (1)
, 2021 2020    2021/2020
  VINCI Autoroutes VINCI Airports Other concessions VINCI Energies VINCI Construction VINCI  Immobilier and holding cos. Total % Total Change
Permanent job contracts (2) 5,608 9,227 1,358 7,877 93,900 1, 463 189,433 86.4% 188,407 +0.5%
Site contracts (3) - - - 165 629 - 794 0.4% 1,055 -24.7%
Non-permanent job contracts (4) 89 134 262 3,985 17,867 56 22,393 10.2% 22,007 +1.8%
Work-study programmes 65 19 64 3,528 2,874 129 6,679 3.0% 6,262 +6.7%
Total 5,762 9,380 1,684 85,555 115,270 1,648 219,299 100.0% 217,731 +0.7%
Temporary staff (full-time equivalent) 4 345 9 5,742 16,836 25 22,961 10.5% 19,596 +17.2%

(1) Data checked by the Statutory Auditors, see page 268 of the 2021 Universal Registration Document

(2) Unlimited-term contracts for France.

(3) Contract type specific to France.

(4) Fixed-term contracts for France.

1.1.3 Organisation of work
Hours worked

In 2021, employees worked a total of 383 million hours, of which 21 million overtime hours. This increase in hours worked compared with 2020 (365 million hours worked, of which 21 million overtime hours) was due to the business growth of Group companies..

Absenteeism

Employees were absent from work nearly 5 million days out of 51 million days worked worldwide in 2021. Absenteeism represented almost 10% of working days (15% in 2020).