LA1: Total workforce by employment type, contract and region

LA1: Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region

  Full-time Indefinite Part-time Indefinite Total Indefinite Full-time Temporary Part-time Temporary Total Temporary Total All
White collar  11 431 424 11 855 964 15 979 12 834
Blue collar 29 444 563 30 007 2 324 31 2 355 32 362
Supervised 786 14 800 1 670 596 2 266 3 066
Total 41 661 1 001 42 662 4 958 642 5 600 48 262

LA1: Average number of employees by geographical area

  2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Europe 23 031 25 293 28 138 28 855 25 293
North America 10 076 13 193 14 771 15 549 13 193
South America 14 423 8 112 7 343 7 216 8 112
Asia/Pacific 3 926 3 941 4 810 5 177 3 941
Rest of the world 88 94 115 101 94
Total 51 544 50 633 55 177 56 898 50 633

The table on workforce by employment type encompasses data from 50 factories, 33 warehouses and 38 offices. It includes 48,262 employees, representing 95% of the total number of employees at year end. Those working at facilities with less than 30 employees are not included in this compilation.The ratio of employees between geographical areas has changed slightly during 2010, with increased employees in Latin America. There were 51,544 employees in 2010. The corresponding figure for 2009 was 50,633.