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Group workforce

The consolidated workforce of the EDF group totaled 158,842 persons as of December 31, 2010, with 105,393 within EDF, ERDF and RTE EDF Transport and 53,449 within its subsidiaries and shareholdings in France and abroad which are included in the scope of consolidation.

Group workforce

The table below shows the change in the workforce for the Group’s shareholdings and subsidiaries, weighted by the financial consolidation percentage over the last three financial years :

  2008 2009 2010
  Number % Number % Number %

EDF, ERDF and

RTE EDF Transport (*)

104,929 65 105,129 62 105,393 66
Subsidiaries and shareholdings 55,984
35 64,010 38 53,449
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TOTAL 160,913 100 169,139 100 158,842 100

(*) The workforce of EDF, ERDF and RTE EDF Transport include employees not employed under the IEG status in EDF, ERDF and RTE. ERDF’s payroll includes, in addition to its own employees, those whose services are shared, who can be broken down into 100% electricity employees (28,663), and a proportion of employees seconded to mixed gas and electricity activities (5,707) with an electricity/gas distribution key of 75/25.


EDF, ERDF and RTE workforce

For some 20 years, the workforce of EDF, ERDF and RTE EDF Transport decreased each year (except in 2000, when it increased slightly, due to the creation of jobs, following the implementation of a reduction in the working hours agreement).

The table below shows the breakdown of employees of EDF, ERDF and RTE EDF Transport between the different divisions/subsidiaries over the last three financial years :

  2008 2009 2010
Regulated sector:      
ERDF 35,156
34,781
34,370
RTE EDF Transport (*) 8,782 8,909 8,822
Deregulated sector      
Generation and engineering 36,109 33,976 35,173
Sales 12,226 11,858 11,627
Headquarters 8,713 11,537 11,590
CDI and CDD (not employed under the
IEG status)
709 844 587
Island Electricity Systems (SEI) 3,234 3,224 3,224
TOTAL 104,929 105,129 105,393

(*) The workforce of RTE includes employees not employed underthe IEG status


Consolidated subsidiaries’ workforce (excluding RTE and ERDF)

The table below shows the breakdown of employees (Group’s share) in the subsidiaries and shareholdings included in the scope of consolidation over the last three financial years :

  2008 2009 2010
Subsidiaries in France:
(including Electricité de Strasbourg, Tiru, EDF EN, SOCODEI, Fahrenheit)
4,599 5,526 6,134
EDF Energy (United Kingdom – including British Energy) 13,406 20,077 15,441
EDF Trading (United Kingdom) 563 822 888
Edison (Italy) 1 ,450 1,921 1,929
Dalkia International 17,822 17,397 17,576
Other foreign subsidiaries 8,699 8,535 11,481
Eastern Europe 6,585 6,491 6,421
Western and Mediterranean Europe and Africa 1,950 1,878 3,553
Asia Pacific 74 76 76
Americas 90 90 1431
TOTAL 46,539 54,278 53,449

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