Diversity by Employment Category
The following table shows the breakdown of employees in PotashCorp's main employment categories by age group.
| PotashCorp's Total Workforce by Employment Category 2006 |
| |
# of Employees in Category |
Employees < 30 yrs old as % of Category |
Employees 30-50 as % of Category |
Employees > 50 yrs old as % of Category |
| Managers |
750 |
1.7 |
49.9 |
48.4 |
| Professionals |
490 |
8.3 |
52.6 |
39.1 |
| Technicians |
399 |
8.4 |
48.7 |
42.9 |
| Sales workers |
55 |
5.6 |
44.4 |
50.0 |
| Office/clerical |
250 |
7.1 |
47.2 |
45.7 |
| Skilled craft workers |
1,343 |
5.4 |
50.8 |
43.8 |
| Semi-skilled workers |
1,535 |
18.2 |
58.3 |
23.5 |
| Laborers |
40 |
43.8 |
47.9 |
8.3 |
| Service |
9 |
-- |
44.4 |
55.6 |
| Total |
4,871 |
9.8 |
52.9 |
37.3 |
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Gender Composition of the Workforce
Women accounted for nearly 8 percent of PotashCorp's total regular workforce in 2006. They held 14 percent of managerial positions, 18 percent of professional jobs, 70 percent of clerical positions, and less than 1 percent of skilled craft worker positions.
Women in Management
The percentage of management positions held by women has increased over the past five years.
| Gender Diversity in PotashCorp's Management |
| |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| % of senior management positions held by women |
29 |
31 |
38 |
38 |
38 |
| % of management positions held by women |
10 |
10 |
10 |
13 |
14 |
|
Gender Diversity by Country
| Gender Diversity by Country: Female Employees as % of Total Employees |
| |
2005 |
2006 |
| Canada |
8.0 |
7.8 |
| US |
8.6 |
8.6 |
| Trinidad |
2.5 |
2.4 |
| Brazil |
18.3 |
17.8 |
| Total company |
8.7 |
7.8 |
|
Ethnic Composition of Workforce
At present, PotashCorp tracks the ethnic composition of its workforce at its US, Trinidad and Brazil operations. Legal and employee relations issues restrict the collection and use of this data in Canada.
| Workforce Demographics at PotashCorp's US Operations (%) |
| |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| White |
83.3 |
83.4 |
83.2 |
83.5 |
84.3 |
| Black |
15.5 |
15.4 |
15.4 |
15.0 |
14.4 |
| Hispanic |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
| Asian |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
| American Indian |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
| Workforce Demographics by Employment Category at PotashCorp's US, Trinidad and Brazil Operations 2006 (%) |
| |
White |
Black |
Hispanic |
Asian |
American Indian |
Total |
| Managers |
87.5 |
7.4 |
0.7 |
4.4 |
-- |
100.0 |
| Professionals |
51.6 |
18.2 |
3.8 |
26.4 |
-- |
100.0 |
| Technicians |
32.4 |
31.4 |
1.9 |
34.3 |
-- |
100.0 |
| Sales |
85.2 |
9.3 |
5.5 |
-- |
-- |
100.0 |
| Clerical |
75.7 |
16.2 |
2.9 |
5.2 |
-- |
100.0 |
| Skilled |
83.4 |
16.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
100.0 |
| Semi-skilled |
73.8 |
25.4 |
0.4 |
-- |
0.4 |
100.0 |
| Laborers/service |
78.3 |
21.7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
100.0 |
| Total |
72.4 |
18.9 |
1.1 |
7.4 |
0.2 |
100.0 |
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Board Diversity
The Board of Directors had 12 members at the end of 2006. Three members were female, and one was from a minority group. Eleven directors were over age 50, and one was between the ages of 30 and 50.
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