Welfare 

 

To support this we have a range of flexible working policies covering part-time work, working from home and variable working hours, which can be utilised to meet the needs of our unique businesses and our diverse workforce.

The welfare of our people is important to us and we offer support to staff facing life changing events requiring time away from work – comprehensive maternity, paternity and adoption policies in line with local legislation, parental leave and both short- and long-term career breaks. For parents, StatoilHydro has places for children in kindergartens at the majority of its office locations.

The right to request to work flexibility extends to all our people, with all policies and application procedures easily accessible online to employees and management. We also provide a telephone helpline for individual queries. Our internal shared services solution won the first prize in a competition with other shared services suppliers from across the globe. Global business services (GBS) won the award for being the most technologically advanced service supplier in the annual Shared Services Week and Excellence Awards, presented in Prague in May 2007.

Many employees are utilising our flexible working policies and are able to balance their work and home lives effectively. Not only does this benefit our people but enables business areas to better focus and manage business performance.