Labor Practices Indicators

Programs to ensure a skilled workforce

See Learning and development programs prepare our leaders and employees to meet the future challenges of our industry.

Also see Developing Tomorrow's Workforce Today and Strengthening Our Culture of Diversity and Inclusion in our Sustainability Report. 

Percentage of employees eligible to retire

See the Employee Turnover Summary table in the Workforce Performance Metrics section of our Sustainability Report.

Policies for health and safety of employees and contractors

See Duke Energy Remains Committed to Worker Safety in the Operations section of the Sustainability Report. Also see EHS Policy & Management System.

Employment

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Workforce composition, including contractors

See the Employee Turnover Summary table in the Workforce Performance Metrics section of our Sustainability Report.

Duke Energy is making it a priority to utilize internal talent and redeploy existing impacted employees to fill hiring needs within the company.

Employees who have received an adverse employment decision or corrective action are given an opportunity to elevate concerns under our Employee Recourse Policy. The process includes a review by management and others, and a timely response to the employee.

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Employee turnover

See the Workforce Performance Metrics in the Workforce and Turnover Statistics section of our Sustainability Report.

Duke Energy is making it a priority to utilize internal talent and redeploy existing impacted employees to fill hiring needs within the company.

Employees who have received an adverse employment decision or corrective action are given an opportunity to elevate concerns under our Employee Recourse Policy. The process includes a review by management and others, and a timely response to the employee.

Days worked by contractors

Approximately 8 million days, for turnkey contractors. 

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Percentage of contractors who have had relevant health and safety training

Safety is a major issue in our industry and we require that all contractors receive relevant training by their employers and/or by Duke Energy.

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Benefits

See Benefits.

Also see Work-life balance programs support the health and well-being of our employees.

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Return to work and retention after parental leave

See Work-life balance programs support the health and well-being of our employees.

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Percentage of contractors who have had relevant health and safety training

Safety is a major issue in our industry and we require that all contractors receive relevant training by their employers and/or by Duke Energy.

Labor/Management Relations

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Employees and contractors covered by collective bargaining agreements

See Workforce Performance Metrics in our Sustainability Report.

We have collective bargaining relationships with 15 different local labor unions. We have a grievance process in place for our represented employees, and each collective bargaining agreement allows for a review of various employment actions through this formal process.

The Employee Rights Under National Labor Relations Act notice is posted in our locations and available online with our Human Relations policies.

We fully support freedom of association as described by the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

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Minimum notice requirements

We comply with applicable laws and collective bargaining agreements.

Occupation Health & Safety

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Percent of workforce included in management & worker health & safety oversight committees

We do not track this specific indicator. However, Duke Energy has safety committees across our company in virtually every business unit, with representatives from first line and management, that plan and execute safety improvement activities. Our business units also conduct self assessments to evaluate employee involvement as a key aspect of our safety culture and use the evaluation results to direct planned improvements.

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Safety statistics for employees and contractors

See Duke Energy Remains Committed To Worker Safety.

Education, counseling and prevention programs for employees and families

Our Live Well program helps employees improve their health and wellness, and earn monetary incentives. Employees who complete an online health assessment, have biometric screening (for cholesterol, blood pressure, etc.), and take part in health coaching earn annual discounts to their medical plan contributions. 

Other programs available address stress management, fitness counseling, smoking cessation, weight loss, disease management, healthy pregnancies, healthy backs, treatment decision support, and more.

See Work-life balance programs support the health and well-being of our employees.

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Health and safety topics in formal agreements with labor unions

Bargaining unit concerns are negotiated between the employee representatives and the company. Healthy and safe workplaces are issues for discussion and agreement.

Training & Education

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Training

Employees and contractors received more than 1.3 million hours of training in 2019.

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Continuing education

See Careers.

See Learning and development programs prepare our leaders and employees to meet the future challenges of our industry.

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Performance reviews

Our philosophy and expectations are that all employees receive an evaluation of their skills and/or performance on an annual basis.

See Programs to engage and enable our employees while supporting the communities where we serve.

Diversity & Equal Opportunity

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Diversity

See Strengthening a culture of inclusion where employees and customers feel respected and valued throughout the company.

See Workforce Performance Metrics, Diversity & Inclusion, and Employee Resource Groups.

See an update on our Diversity & Inclusion goal. (click on "Employees").

See Strengthening Our Culture of Diversity and Inclusion.

Wages & salaries distribution

See Benefits.

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Labor practice grievance mechanisms

See page 2 in Programs to engage and enable our employees while supporting the communities we serve.