Motivated employees are a cornerstone of RTL Group’s success.
In addition to the usual employee representations, RTL Group has a European Works Council (EWC) which co-operates with RTL Group management to resolve cross-border employment issues and intervene in situations where staff have limited protection. Meetings are held two to three times per year with the senior management of RTL Group and the members of the EWC, whose members come from across most of the operations and locations within the Group.
RTL Group participated in the global Bertelsmann employee survey in 2002. To follow up the results of this first survey, RTL Group organised, in 2004, the first RTL Group survey - Trend 2004. The results of Trend 2004 have been communicated to employees during the beginning of 2005. Local management are strongly encouraged by Group management to take account of the results of the survey and continue, or start, active measures to improve working conditions. In 2006 RTL Group has also taken part in Bertelsmann's employee survey. The survey results will be communicated to staff at the end of 2006.
In most of our companies, employees participate in their company’s profit through profit participation or are taking part in a reward system and company pension systems.
At M6 an ethics code is given to every new arrival. This code sets the rules to be followed by every employee in their behaviour to make choice in the action they take.