The ORLEN Group believes in social dialogue based on independence of the parties, legal compliance, as well as trust, mutual willingness to compromise, and observance of the rules. The rules of social dialogue are founded on internal regulations and generally applicable laws, which facilitates development of constructive and lasting solutions in partnership with employee representatives.
The ORLEN Group offers employee benefits, which include co-financing of employee holidays or sanatorium treatment, childcare, holidays for children and teenagers, and school starter kits. Christmas gifts for employees’ children have already become a tradition across the Group. The employer provides financial support for families with low incomes. Our employees may also apply for partial financing of sports and recreational activities, cultural and educational activities, or physical therapy treatments, as well as non-repayable allowances and repayable housing loans.
PKN ORLEN offers a uniform employee benefits package to employees of all ORLEN Group companies participating in the joint social benefits programme. Group companies covered by the programme as at December 31st 2019 included: Basell ORLEN Polyolefins, CENTRUM Edukacji, ORLEN Administracja, ORLEN Asfalt, ORLEN Centrum Serwisowe, ORLEN Eko, ORLEN KolTrans, ORLEN Centrum Usług Korporacyjnych, ORLEN Laboratorium, ORLEN Ochrona, ORLEN Paliwa, ORLEN Projekt, ORLEN Upstream, ORLEN Serwis, Płocki Park Przemysłowo-Technologiczny (the Płock Industry and Technology Park), and Fundacja ORLEN (ORLEN Foundation). The additional benefits policy applies equally to all employees, regardless of the type of their employment contract (for a fixed or indefinite period), their working time (full-time or part-time) or location. All personnel employed under employment contracts, whether full-time or part-time, are entitled to benefits from the PKN ORLEN Social Benefits Funds.
PKN ORLEN’s employees participate in the Employee Pension Plan (EPP) (also known as the third pillar of the pension system). In addition, PKN ORLEN partly covers the cost of insurance premiums under the EPP for its employees working under employment contracts who have been with the Company for at least three months, regardless of the type of contract. Benefits from the Social Benefits Fund guaranteed to former employees of PKN ORLEN and other Group companies covered by the joint social benefits programme (old age pensioners, disability pensioners, persons who opted for voluntary redundancy) include: co-financing of employee holidays or sanatorium treatment, holidays for children and teenagers, school starter kits, Christmas gifts for children, non-repayable financial support, repayable housing loans and, additionally: cash allowance for low-income employees, birthday cash benefits for former employees aged 70+ (paid every five years) and 95+ (paid every year), meetings with former employees in Senior Citizens Clubs across Poland. All ORLEN Group employees receive the same benefits regardless of their location or type of employment contract. Certain benefits, e.g. insurance, may differ depending on the employer. At PKN ORLEN, group insurance is provided to all employees who have declared their intention to participate. Employees have several options to choose from. Group insurance is also available at other Group companies, but decisions in this respect are made by each company on a discretionary basis.
In addition to the programmes described above, PKN ORLEN also supports the continuity of employment of persons whose contracts are terminated as a result of restructuring processes by offering them training packages. As part of a package, PKN ORLEN provides financing for training which a given person has indicated as useful in their further career.