Market presence

The LOTOS Group employs its senior management according to the profile and requirements of the position. Only candidates best meeting the employment criteria are recruited. Senior management positions include those of director, chief accountant, plant manager and office manager. Senior management positions are often filled by persons selected in an internal recruitment process.

In the case of Grupa LOTOS, 92.9% of senior management staff employed in the Company’s main business location were recruited from the local employment market, understood as the Province of Gdańsk. Pomerania is also the local recruitment market for LOTOS Kolej, for which 100% of its senior staff are from the area.

The companies’ key locations are locations where the number of employees represents a significant percentage of the total headcount.

Ratio of minimum base pay at Grupa LOTOS to minimum national base pay

Source: in-house data, and Dz. U. of 2007 No. 171 item 1209, M.P. of 2008 No. 55 item 499, M.P. of 2009 No. 48 item 709.

Ratio of minimum base pay at LOTOS Kolej to minimum national base pay

For LOTOS Asfalt and LOTOS Oil it is the counties and neighbouring towns up to 100km away from their business locations which are considered to be their local employment markets. These companies run their business in three locations: Southern Poland (Jasło, Czechowice) and Northern Poland (Gdańsk). At LOTOS Asfalt, 89% of staff are recruited from the local communities of the Jasło region, 100% from Czechowice and 79% from Gdańsk. At LOTOS Oil, the indicator is 100% in all locations. Given the nature of LOTOS Paliwa’s operations, management staff across Poland are recruited on an as-needed basis.

Ratio of minimum base pay at LOTOS Asfalt to minimum national base pay

* The lowest pay in Jasło is received by first-time employees in auxiliary positions.

Ratio of minimum base pay at LOTOS Oil to minimum national base pay

Ratio of minimum base pay at LOTOS Paliwa to minimum national base pay

At LOTOS Petrobaltic, the local employment market coincides with the town where the company is located. 64% of the company’s senior management is sourced from Gdańsk. At the Energobaltic subsidiary, 3% of the senior management are from Władysławowo, and at AB LOTOS Geonafta 66% are from Gargždai. In the case of LOTOS Norge, the entire area of Norway is considered to be their local market, as their senior management staff is of multicultural origin. 57% of managers in the company are sourced from that market.

Ratio of minimum base pay at LOTOS Petrobaltic to national minimum base pay

Ratio of minimum base pay at Energobaltic to national minimum base pay

Ratio of minimum base pay at LOTOS Geonafta to national minimum base pay in Lithuania

The indicator does not apply to LOTOS Norge. According to Norwegian law, there is no minimum pay. Additionally, the company employs only highly qualified personnel in independent positions.