A competent and motivated workforce, driving toward the same goals, is vital to our success. With thousands of employees around the world, representing many cultures, religions and ethnic groups, our focus is to help each individual employee realise his or her potential and look after his or her own health and safety. All our efforts are guided by a commitment to protect the human rights of our employees and of the stakeholders we influence..
Our commitment to individual competence: Aker Solutions' deliveries are the sum of the expertise and experience of thousands of individuals. This diversity of personal capabilities and the interaction between them liberates energy and generates new technology, creative solutions and lasting value. Aker Solutions actively strives to attract and develop talented individuals who understand our customers’ needs and requirement and who can produce and deliver the best solutions.
Health and Safety: Aker Solutions employees are entitled to a workplace which is safe and healthy. We sometimes work in challenging environments, and in these cases our main priority is to maintain a safe and healthy environment for our employees and our customers, our sub-contractors, consultants and other parties working together with us. We have a zero incident mindset. We believe that it is possible to get to zero accidents, and that is what we strive for. Our HSE commitment is outlined in our HSE policy, our People’s Policy and our Code of Conduct.
Freedom to organise: Aker Solutions employees have the right to be heard, represented and to form and join trade unions of their own choice. These unions shall have the right to be recognised for the purpose of collective bargaining. This is outlined in the International Framework Agreement between Aker ASA and the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and the International Metalworkers Federation.
Equal opportunity, diversity and harassment: Aker Solutions endorses diversity and encourages the building of teams in which energy, enthusiasm and creativity can be unlocked through diversification. We are committed to employment policies which are open and fair and without distinction of any kind such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, or other status.
Aker Solutions employees shall expect a workplace which is free from harassment and discrimination. This is outlined in our People’s Policy and our Code of Conduct. Aker Solutions will respect its employees, apply an approach of fair rewards, and provide suitable training and development opportunities. There will be no retaliation against any employee that should raise any issue of genuine concern including but not limited to safety, ethics, alcohol or drugs, equal opportunity, or harassment. Our Supply Management Policy establishes similar requirements and rights in our supply-chain.