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