50 FGV HOLDINGS BERHAD RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND UPHOLDING GOOD SOCIAL PRACTICES Performance Shares (PS) and Restricted Shares (RS), with the main difference being the eligibility of employees based on job grades and performance targets. In 2019, 2.67 million Restricted Shares were vested to eligible employees. Vesting of the shares, expected in three years and based on a ratio of 30:30:40, is dependent on the employees’ performance levels. Nurturing and Retaining Employees FGV continues to invest in holistic development and training programmes to ensure a professional and well-developed workforce. We believe it is vital to nurture and retain quality employees as their contributions are crucial to the growth and sustainability of the Group. FGV’s ongoing employee development and training programmes are designed to upskill and enhance employees’ productivity. They include leadership development programmes and the First Line Managers programme and offer recognised qualifications such as Executive Master in Management (People Leadership) and Diploma in Management (Front Line Leaders). Top performers are identified for participation in these courses which are conducted by private training vendors in collaboration with tertiary institutions such as Asia e University (AeU) and the Australian Institute of Management (AIM). To enhance personnel skill and knowledge, our Sustainability Compliance and Certification Department team has participated in various training and awareness programmes that were conducted internally and externally. Among the programmes were: • International Sustainability Carbon Certification training in Jakarta • Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil and Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Principle and Calibration Workshop • Human Rights training by SUHAKAM In 2019, we invested RM3.3 million in various in-house and external training programmes with an estimated 15,517 man-days. The programmes, 74% of which were conducted in-house, covered a wide range of topics that were both technical and competencybased. They included workshops that promoted FGV’s core values of P.R.I.D.E. For estate workers, they undergo on-the-job training for eight hours a day for 26 days for three months. The training include theoretical and practical programmes where they learn about harvesting, weeding, manuring and general maintenance. BY GENDER 52,674 55,705 13,504 1,683 23.30 4.00 16.35 21.86 Total training hours Total training hours Average training hours Average training hours Female 24,199 Female 9.51 BY CATEGORY Male 99,368 Male 6.82 Senior Management Middle Management Executive Non-Executive Employee Training Hours
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