In Healthcare, the decrease in the number of employees was mainly due to contract terminations or exits in North America and the United Kingdom.
In the Education segment, given the weight of activity in North America, the significant decline in activity in the region and the absence of partial unemployment measures in the United States, the workforce was significantly impacted by Covid-19. In Europe, the workforce was stable.
In Benefits & Rewards Services, aft er a slight increase in the first half of the year, the workforce declined in the second half, ending at a level similar to Fiscal 2019.
| FISCAL 2020 | FISCAL 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| North America | North America FISCAL 2020 30.3% | North America FISCAL 2019 33.1% |
| Europe | Europe FISCAL 2020 31.2% | Europe FISCAL 2019 30.0% |
| Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa | Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa FISCAL 2020 38.5% | Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa FISCAL 2019 36.9% |
| Total | Total FISCAL 2020 100% | Total FISCAL 2019 100% |
The decline in the share of employees in North America is related to the lack of furlough schemes in the United States and to the significant weight of Sports & Leisure and Education activities.
The decline in the workforce in Europe is more moderate due to the partial unemployment schemes introduced by governments.
Finally, the workforce was down slightly in Asia-Pacifi c, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Only in India did the workforce decline significantly. The decline in the workforce in Brazil was moderate and mitigated by a sustained level of activity despite Covid-19.
| FISCAL 2020 | FISCAL 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % femmes | Total | % FEMALE | |
| Board of Directors ☑ (1) | Board of Directors ☑ (1)FISCAL 2020 10 | Board of Directors ☑ (1)FISCAL 2019 60% | 10 | 60% |
| Executive Committee ☑ | Executive Committee ☑ FISCAL 2020 20 | Executive Committee ☑ FISCAL 2019 30% | 20 | 35% |
| Group Senior Executives ☑ (2) | Group Senior Executives ☑ (2)FISCAL 2020 204 | Group Senior Executives ☑ (2)FISCAL 2019 40% | 203 | 37% |
| Managers ☑ | Managers ☑ FISCAL 2020 49,296 | Managers ☑ FISCAL 2019 44% | 52,179 | 44% |
| All Employees ☑ | All Employees ☑ FISCAL 2020 422,712 | All Employees ☑ FISCAL 2019 55% | 470,237 | 55% |
(1) Excluding the 2 members of the Board who are employee representatives.
(2) Group Senior Executives include the key functions reporting directly to Global Group Executive Committee members, higher-level sales and operations and high potentials.
The percentage of women on the Executive Committee decreased slightly due to the rotation of its members but remains high at 30%.
Conversely, the share of women among the Group’s senior executives, the main talent pool of potential members of the Executive Committee, as well as among managers, continues to increase.
BETTER TOMORROW 2025 OBJECTIVE
100% of our employees work in countries that have gender balance in their management population
| FISCAL 2020 | FISCAL 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| % of employees working in countries that respect gender balance in their management | 46.0% | 50.4% |
The decrease in the percentage of employees working in countries that respect gender balance in their management is a result of segments in which gender balance fell slightly below the 40% threshold used for the calculation. The Universities segment in North America, where the percentage is 39.2%, is an example .
