The vast majority of Enea Group companies, including the parent company, have adopted procedures which allow them to take into account the opinions of employees and associates in decisions or actions affecting the employees. Cooperation is undertaken both at the level of Enea Group and the level of a given company or lower, depending on the needs and goals, projects or initiatives. Cooperation takes place between employees, trade union representatives, the Employee Council, and the Social Labor Inspector, as well as at the central level (cooperation between Group companies).Its frequency varies depending on the company, but most often it involves ongoing cooperation based on needs.
In the case of trade unions, cooperation is based on the provisions of the Trade Unions Act, internal regulations arising from the Internal Collective Bargaining Agreement or other regulations, such as the Agreement with trade unions at Enea Elektrociepłownia Połaniec. The majority of initiatives taken end with joint arrangements and agreement. The companies have not entered into any international agreements or framework agreements regarding respect for human rights that would apply to their own employees.
On the basis of the Internal Collective Bargaining Agreement the social partners undertake all actions with a sense of shared responsibility for all employees and the workplace, and commit to cooperate with one another in good faith, in accordance with the principles of social dialog. The employer, within the scope of its authority, undertakes to create conditions for the union to operate independently.
Employers maintain an ongoing social dialog, and all issues raised are addressed on an ongoing basis.
In February 2025, all companies began holding meetings with union representatives regarding wage increases. The discussions focused, among other things, on real wage growth, the distribution of the company’s profits, salary levels within the Enea Group, the changing market situation, competitiveness, as well as the need to control and optimize costs. In April 2025 in the majority of Enea Group companies the pay discussions were completed and relevant agreements were signed.
In September 2025 trade unions operating in the Enea Group submitted a number of demands. Wage demands were also submitted to nine companies: Enea S.A., Enea Operator, Enea Centrum, Enea Pomiary, Enea Serwis, Enea Oświetlenie, Enea Logistyka, Enea Trading and Enea Power&Gas Trading. In addition, demands were made, including a call to reverse the decision to terminate the Internal Collective Bargaining Agreement at Enea S.A., to withdraw from the Multi-Company Collective Bargaining Agreement and resignation from the plans to transfer the Enea sales department to Enea Power&Gas Trading.
The goal of the ongoing discussions is to develop solutions that are responsible and economically viable, while at the same time ensuring job stability and the safety of employees.
Enea S.A. asks its employees for their opinion and on this basis implements new or modifies existing normative acts. Opinions are collected from both management and trade union representatives. The frequency and level of consultation is aligned with the needs of the projects or initiatives being carried out. In the previous years some of the companies conducted satisfaction surveys among employees, but in 2025 they were replaced with the Employee Engagement Survey conducted in the entire Group. More information about the survey can be found in section S1-4.
Enea Group companies involve in meetings with the employee representatives human resources (including HR team members), financial resources and facilities (e.g., space for union meetings).
Meetings and discussion of the Enea S.A. Management Board with the employee representatives are held regularly. These include, among others, meetings devoted to current issues relevant to representatives and members of trade unions, meetings of the Management Board of Enea S.A. in the Enea Group companies dedicated to the new Enea Development Strategy, ongoing meetings of representatives of the HR Management Division, as well as written and electronic correspondence, which, starting from January 2025, is published on the intranet. Some of these meetings end up with the signing of an agreement or arrangement. Employees are informed of arrangements and agreements in the manner customary in companies, i.e., in the form of announcements sent by email to employees, such as Enea News, information posted on the intranet, informational brochures, notices on notice boards, and the company newspaper. In some companies open meetings are held.
The regular meetings between the Management Board and employee representatives held in 2025, concerned, among other things, changes to the Employee Pension Plan, a summary of the Voluntary Redundancy Program (PDO) in individual companies, estimating and planning expenditures within union limits, as well as ad hoc layoffs. An important part of the meetings was a discussion of the planned changes in the sales structure of Enea S.A., employee safety during the change process, and the scope of the project.
The meetings of Enea S.A. Management Board in 2025 were devoted to new Group Development Strategy to 2035.It relates to the activities of the entire Enea Group, and the Management Board of Enea S.A. has made it a priority to communicate strategic information and key objectives to all employees, not only to those responsible for the strategy implementation and execution. Following the meeting with the managers of distribution companies, the Management Board of Enea S.A. invited the employee representatives to the discussion on the assumptions of the strategy. The representatives of all trade unions acting in the companies and the Management Boards of Enea Operator and Enea Serwis took part in the discussion.
All meetings related to important current matters. During one of these meetings – organized by the HR Department of Enea S.A. – discussions focused, among other things, on proposals for changes to the Social Benefits Fund that expand the scope of benefits and make it possible to extend them to a broader group of employees. The status of the recreation centers and plans for their sale were also discussed. The meeting addressed organizational changes in the Security and Sales Departments, as well as the plans of the OHS and Environmental Protection Department and proposals for a new Enea Foundation – Energia Wspólnoty.
Additionally, the projects of the Enea Foundation – Energia Wspólnoty, including initiatives for employees, were presented:
- support project for employees in need, dedicated to active and retired staff and their families in crisis situations, under which the Foundation may co-finance medical treatment and rehabilitation, assist in disaster recovery and emergency relief, as well as in other exceptional circumstances affecting their life situation.
- Mobile Health Project [Zdrowie w drodze] – a health prevention initiative for employees offering on-site mobile medical care. In 2025, a mobile medical unit, equipped with state-of-the-art ultrasound and dermoscopy devices and staffed by medical specialists, visited five key locations of Enea Group.
Enea Group organizes regular meetings between management and employees Let’s talk about Enea, during which the most important issues relating to current activities and the future of Enea are presented and discussed. In 2025, the main focus was on the implementation of key projects and progress in operationalizing the strategy across all companies.
The meeting participants talked about engagement survey, leadership, safety culture. Moreover, the financial results of Enea Group after H1, as well as the ICT strategy were presented. The following were presented, among others:
- results of engagement survey Positive Energy of Enea which covered all employees of Enea Group for the first time. The engagement rate was 53%, which reflects the emotional bond between employees and the organization. The HR Team presented detailed results and data for the segments (Distribution, Generation, Mining, Centre) as an important step towards building the culture of dialog and shared responsibility.
- Middle Management Development ProgramFrom Manager to Leader. The program focuses on strengthening soft skills and effective team management skills, including: providing feedback and performance management. In the last quarter of this year, a module on effective information cascading within teams will be added to it.
Employees are also engaged in the management process, specifically during the development of internal regulations and bonus schemes, as well as in the subsequent setting, implementation, and evaluation of goals and tasks. At Enea S.A. and most other companies, a bonus system based on Management by Objectives (MBO) applies to management personnel. The reporting period is the calendar year.
The objective of the MBO system is to support strategy execution by integrating and mobilizing all employees around the key tasks defined in the strategy. In the MBO process objectives are cascaded in the organization, monitored and evaluated. Objectives are classified as either managerial or individual, depending on their scope.
The bonus scheme applies also to the employees of Enea S.A. who do not belong to the management. Its purpose is to motivate employees to work effectively and to reward the efforts they make to achieve the best possible results.
At the stage of drafting bonus regulations to be applied in subsequent settlement periods, unit heads provide their feedback and observations regarding the regulations currently in force. In certain key business areas, such as sales, employee working groups are established to develop new principles and proposed modifications. Most of the changes are incorporated to align the bonus rules with business needs.
Employee feedback utilized in the management process is recorded during the monitoring and evaluation of set objectives, for instance, within the existing bonus schemes. Funds for employee bonuses and awards come from a special budget.
Additionally, in 2025 the Management Board of Enea S.A. inaugurated a series of weekly meetings titled Wednesday Coffee with the Board, which take the form of one-to-one conversations with employees and can be held either in person or online.
The Management Boards of companies are responsible for cooperation with employees. In some cases, they authorize certain officers, including HR directors, to carry out such cooperation. Enea Group has not implemented any formal mechanisms for evaluating the effectiveness of its cooperation with employees.
Companies of Enea Group use different communication methods, adjusted to the needs and expectations of its employees and associates. In typical cases, these include e-mail, intranet, instant messaging, hard-copy documentation and notice boards. Direct meetings between employees and the management team are also organized.