To print this page, click here. To return to the regular view of this page, click here.
What are Keywords?
Print
Text Size
NormalMediumLarge

Workforce Demographics

Diversity by Employment Category

The following table shows the breakdown of employees in PotashCorp's main employment categories by gender and by age group.

Table Icon Diversity by Employment Category 2007

PotashCorp's Diversity by Employment Category 2007
  # of Employees in Category Employees < 30 yrs old as % of Category Employees 30-50 yrs old as % of Category Employees >50 yrs old as % of Category
Managers/Supervisors 784 1 47 52
Professionals 518 13 54 33
Technicians 402 28 46 26
Sales Workers 36 6 44 50
Office and Clerical 242 10 44 46
Skilled Craft Workers 1,396 7 46 47
Semi-skilled Workers 1,573 22 52 26
Laborers 43 42 49 9
Service 9 11 33 56
Total 5,003 13 49 38
Source: PotashCorp

Gender Composition of the Workforce

Women accounted for just over 9 percent of PotashCorp's total regular workforce in 2007. They held 8 percent of manager and supervisor positions, 21 percent of professional jobs, 74 percent of clerical positions and 1 percent of skilled craft worker positions.

Table Icon Gender Diversity by Country

Gender Diversity by Country

Female Employees as % of Total Employees 2005 2006 2007
Canada 7.8 8.0 8.3
US 8.6 8.6 6.1
Trinidad 9.4 10.0 11.5
Brazil 18.3 17.8 15.8
Total Company 8.5 8.7 9.1
Source: PotashCorp

Women in Management

The percentage of management positions held by women has increased over the past five years.

Table Icon Management Gender Diversity

Gender Diversity in PotashCorp's Management

(%) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Senior Management Positions Held by Women 31 38 38 38 38
Management Positions Held by Women 10 10 13 14 13
Source: PotashCorp

Ethnic Composition of Workforce

At present, PotashCorp tracks the ethnic composition of its workforce only at its US, Trinidad and Brazil operations.

Table Icon Workforce Demographics by Employee Category

Workforce Demographics by Employment Category at PotashCorp's US, Trinidad and Brazil Operations 2007

(%) White Black Hispanic Asian American Indian Total

Managers

86.9 7.2 1.6 4.3 – 100.0
Professionals 49.0 20.7 3.0 27.3 – 100.0
Technicians 34.0 30.4 1.9 33.7 – 100.0
Sales 86.1 8.3 5.6 – – 100.0

Clerical

76.9 15.0 3.1 5.0 – 100.0

Skilled

83.9 15.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 100.0
Semi-skilled 74.0 25.2 0.4 – 0.4 100.0
Laborers/Service 73.7 26.3 – – – 100.0
Total 72.5 18.8 1.1 7.4 0.2 100.0
Source: PotashCorp

Board Diversity

Board diversity has been increasing over the past few years. The Board of Directors had 12 members at the end of 2007. Three members were female, and two were from minority groups. Ten directors were over age 50, and two were between the ages of 30 and 50.

Table Icon Diversity of the Board of Directors

Diversity of the Board of Directors
(%) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Board members who are female 25 25 25 25 25
Board members from minority groups 8 8 8 8 17
Board members under 30 years old 0 0 0 0 0
Board members 30-50 years old 8 8 8 8 17
Board members over 50 years 92 92 92 92 83
Source: PotashCorp