Investing in our employees

Performance summary1

Indicator 2017 2018 2019
Employees, health and safety      
Percentage of job postings filled internally 56% 53% 55%
Overall in-class and online training attendance, including trades, compliance, business and leadership development      
  • Number of courses
5,300 7,400 5,600
  • Number of participants
14,800 24,600 14,900
All injury frequency rate (AIFR)2 1.3 injuries/100 workers 1.7 injuries/100 workers 1.5 injuries/100 workers
Injury severity rate (ISR)3 17.6 lost work days/100 workers 25.3 lost work days/100 workers 13.5 lost work days/100 workers
Number of fatalities 0 0 0
Number of employees 2,130 2,403 2,447
Voluntary turnover rate4 3.3% 3.9% 4.4%
Employees in unions or associations5 1,538 1,577 1,553
Women in workforce 35% (813) 34% (827) 34% (840)
Women in senior management 27% (68) 29% (75) 27% (79)
Women on the board of directors 36% (4) 45% (5) 40% (4)
Discrimination incidents6 0 0 0
Respect in the workplace incidents7 3 4 7

Note: FortisBC is focused on efforts to increase awareness and understanding on the value of inclusion and diversity in the workplace. Diversity performance indicators are under review.

1 This summary table reports on sustainability data for FortisBC Energy Inc. and FortisBC Inc. as of December 31, 2019.

2 AIFR per 100 workers is for a combined gas and electricity result (annual).

3 Depicts the number of lost work days experienced per 100 workers.

4 Excludes retirements. The voluntary turnover rate includes high turnover departments such as customer service, not present in other industry comparators. Values are aligned with industry comparators. The data includes regulated and non-regulated companies as well as temporary employees. Employees on long-term disability are excluded.

5 Includes members from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and MoveUp.

6 Incidents include both discrimination and harassment complaints resulting in policy breaches. Policy includes compliance with all applicable legislation.

7 Incidents include substantiated respect in the workplace complaints. Policy includes compliance with all applicable legislation.