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MetricWorkforce composition and labor relations

Workforce counting method and change context

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

The declared employee and non-employee population boundaries, counting bases, period methods, estimate controls, reconciliation and significant-change explanations needed to interpret linked workforce observations.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Multi-field profile
Unit
Structured profile — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period covered by the linked workforce observations
Aggregation
Not additive; retain the profile as context linked to the applicable observations and source edition.
Pillar
Social
Topic
Workforce composition and labor relations
Controlled domain
Workforce
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

The profile is non-additive and applies only to explicitly linked observations. A method description from one employee or geography series is not inherited by another without an explicit link. Conflicting methods create separate profiles and series rather than a merged note.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    European Sustainability Reporting Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    European Commission
    Edition
    Consolidated 1 January 2025 edition
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    S1-6 paragraphs 48-52 PDF pp205-206 and AR53-60 pp223-226; S1-7 paragraphs 53-57 p206 and AR61-65 pp226-227; S1-8 paragraphs 58-63 p207 and AR66-70 pp227-228; S1-14 AR89-90 pp231-232.
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    GRI Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2021 edition
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; Disclosure 2-7 and guidance pp15-17; Disclosure 2-8 and guidance pp18-19; Disclosure 2-30 pp49-50
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured profile — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period covered by the linked workforce observations

Unit meaning: Each table field uses its stated unit. This record contains declared population, counting, timing, estimation, and change-context fields rather than one numeric unit.

Table fields and units

  • Source profile and edition
  • Employee or non-employee population
  • Linked public observation identifier
  • Organization and consolidation boundary
  • National-definition basis
  • Reported value
  • Structured profile — see field-level units
  • Measurement-source edition
  • Assurance status

Published dimensions

  • Source profile and edition.
  • Employee or non-employee population.
  • Linked public observation identifier.
  • Organization and consolidation boundary.
  • National-definition basis.
  • Headcount, FTE or other measure.
  • FTE definition.
  • Period-end, average or other timing.
  • Average observation frequency and weighting.
  • Exact, estimated or rounded status.
  • Estimate and rounding basis.
  • Material-fluctuation threshold.
  • Opening, acquisition, disposal, seasonal, project, closure or other declared change reason.
  • Reconciliation reference.
  • Exclusions.
  • Phase-in or omission state.
  • Reporting period.
  • Source and assurance status.

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Populate the structured fields from qualifying source observations and retain each field-level unit, boundary, status, and method; do not collapse the disclosure into one calculated value.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772, consolidated 1 January 2025

    Publisher
    European Commission
    Edition
    Consolidated 1 January 2025 edition
    Locator
    S1-6 paragraphs 48-52 PDF pp205-206 and AR53-60 pp223-226; S1-7 paragraphs 53-57 p206 and AR61-65 pp226-227; S1-8 paragraphs 58-63 p207 and AR66-70 pp227-228; S1-14 AR89-90 pp231-232.

    Supports: Supports the measurement definition, boundary, and source-reported fields for Workforce counting method and change context.

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  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2021 edition
    Locator
    effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; Disclosure 2-7 and guidance pp15-17; Disclosure 2-8 and guidance pp18-19; Disclosure 2-30 pp49-50

    Supports: Supports the measurement definition, boundary, and source-reported fields for Workforce counting method and change context.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772, consolidated 1 January 2025 — Consolidated 1 January 2025 edition; GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021 — 2021 edition. Retain the exact source edition on every observation; later editions require a separate method profile.

  • Source profile and edition.
  • Employee or non-employee population.
  • Linked public observation identifier.
  • Organization and consolidation boundary.
  • National-definition basis.
  • Headcount, FTE or other measure.
  • FTE definition.
  • Period-end, average or other timing.
  • Retain the exact measurement-source edition with every observation.
  • This record contains declared population, counting, timing, estimation, and change-context fields rather than one numeric unit.

Record-specific limitations

  • Narrative explanations depend on reporter judgment and materiality thresholds. The profile cannot substitute for missing counts, prove completeness or turn an estimate into actual data. A reconciliation can explain a difference without making financial-statement and sustainability-reporting populations identical.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.