Annual And Corporate Responsibility Report 2017

7.2.2. Employment relationships that benefit everyone (GRI 102-41) Atresmedia upholds the right of its workers to be represented, as shown by the 1,817 workers who are adhered to a collective bargaining agreement, as shown below. This figure means that 86.98% of workers are adhered to a collective agreement, somewhat higher than in 2016 (86.6%) and 2015 (85.5%). The distribution of employees party to a collective agreement by Group company in 2017 was as follows: Employees adhered to collective agreements Atresmedia Advertising Noticias Fundación I3TV Canarias Uniprex TV Multimedia Cine Foto Flooxer Uniprex SAU Smartclip TOTAL No. of people 353 296 279 9 50 17 120 116 11 2 4 490 70 1,817 One of the main milestones in 2017 was the signing of the Atresmedia Corporation Collective Bargaining Agreement , which not only governs remuneration but also matters relating to work-life balance, shorter, more compact working days in summer and other aspects such as: • Extending the flexible start time system: 09:00 to 10:30. • Reactivating the teleworking committee and bringing it outside the scope of the collective agreement. • Pilot testing at a number of management divisions in 2017. • Extending the arrangement to four days of paid leave following the death or serious illness of first-degree family members (with compassion also shown in the case of siblings) and to six days if the affected employee must travel. • •Workers with dependent children who have been found by the courts to be the victim of gender-based violence will be entitled to a reduction in their working hours of up to one hour a day over eighteen months, without this affecting their salary. 7.2.3. Training and professional development Training is part and parcel of the strategy pursued by Human Resources at Atresmedia. The two core objectives of the Company’s training strategy are firstly to develop and hone the talent of each person at the Group, and secondly to update and refresh knowledge and expertise so that Atresmedia employees are fully capable of carrying out their daily work at Atresmedia while keeping up with a changing sector and the challenges in store. 7. OUR CONTRIBUTION  | 119 | ATRESMEDIA  |  ANNUAL AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2017