People

Atalaya Mining employs more than 500 persons. A significant proportion of them work on Proyecto Riotinto and our workforce also enjoys a high degree of stability.

Atalaya has progressively advanced in the development of new management policies governing all activities in the life cycle of our people, such as selection, recruitment, training, assessment and development, remuneration, improvement of the working environment and termination of the employment relationship.

People policy guiding principle:

Promote quality employment, which provides our employees with personal and professional development and contributes to an inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

Our performance 2020-2022

Indicator	2020	2021	2022
Total workforce (Number)	477	503	494
Permanent contracts¹ (%)	81.67	83.62	89.47
Employees coming from the local community² (%)	68.0	68.3	68.3
Average of training hours	5,793	6,521	8,526
Existing salary gap in the Company (%)	-2.22	-2.70	1.41
Turnover rate (%)	3.69	6.35	7.83
Absenteeism rate (%)	7.05	7.27	7.42
Hours of absenteeism (hours)	57,078	60,934	62,480

_{^{*Data in this chapter does not include the Company’s top management, composed of three people. Data corresponding to this management is included in the chapter “Good governance and responsible management}}

¹Calculated as an average.
² Villages surrounding the Riotinto site.

People topics

Atalaya is committed to the local community in making the development of mining resources a source of wealth and prosperity to contribute to the sustainable development of the regions in which it operates.

Atalaya encourages the hiring of personnel from neighbouring towns, averaging 68% of the workforce in the case of Riotinto. It also has agreements with the municipalities and the mine’s main contractors to extend this policy to those companies doing business with the operations.

Atalaya operates within a favourable framework for labour relations based on a non-discriminatory, equal opportunities system that respects diversity at all levels.

Atalaya has set up a Diversity Committee to foster a wide range of projects that promote knowledge of the social reality and raise awareness in society and within the Company.

Atalaya complies with the rights of association, with full freedom in trade union elections and has a Collective Bargaining Agreement for Atalaya – Riotinto.

Relations between the Company and the workers are articulated in the tools established by law. One of the most important is the Works Council, which consists of members elected by the workers.

New Collective Bargaining Agreement 2022-2025

Each year Atalaya develops a Training Plan designed for the Company’s entire workforce.

In addition to the training activities, Atalaya encourages various projects with other academic organisations to promote the training of students and attract talent.

Atalaya’s salary approach promotes equal opportunities amongst staff members. Remuneration is established in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. For the most strategic personnel, specific conditions have been established that depend on the achievement of key Company objectives in terms of safety, production or compliance with the budget.

People Case Study: Collaborations with educational organisations

Atalaya consolidated the existing collaborations with several High Schools in the area, Andalusian universities or in the Hebe Plan of the Huelva Provincial Council to promote several curricular or extracurricular internship programs.

In particular, the following can be highlighted:

Collaboration with the IES Diego Macías Secondary School for an Intermediate Degree in digging and drilling.
Beginning meetings for coordination with the Vázquez Diaz Institute for an intermediate degree in Chemical Plants.
Internship programmes with Institutes in different subjects (e.g. maintenance, technical services, administration, IT, etc.).
Participation in the “Plan Hebe” of the province of Huelva for developing internships for personnel in specific subjects.
Two courses organised by the Atalaya Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce of Seville to improve the training and employability of personnel in the Riotinto Mining Basin.