Workplace Awards

Mosaic has been recognized as a top place to work in communities where we operate. In 2015, we were named one of the 100 Top Places to Work in Tampa Bay for the third consecutive year. Mosaic has also earned annual recognition as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and Saskatchewan’s Top Employers since 2013, and is listed on Forbes’ Canada’s Best Employers list (2016). In Brazil, Mosaic earned recognition as one of the 150 Best Companies to Work For in Brazil by Guia da Revista Você S/A 2015.

(G4-10, G4-13) Whether working in our mines, distribution facilities or offices, our employees are part of a global Mosaic team that is richly diverse in skills, experiences and backgrounds. As of Dec. 31, 2015, Mosaic employed 8,523 regular employees.

In August 2015, James “Joc” C. O’Rourke began serving as Mosaic’s President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding James “Jim” T. Prokopanko’s planned retirement, who became our Senior Advisor until his planned retirement in January 2016. Joc O’Rourke was previously Mosaic’s Chief Operating Officer.

In October 2015, Mosaic’s Colonsay facility in Saskatchewan, Canada, curtailed production in response to market conditions. These changes resulted in layoffs of approximately 50 junior employees and 22 employees who accepted voluntary early retirement incentives. Junior employees who were laid off received pay in lieu of notice and had the choice between severance pay or recall rights.

In 2015, we realigned our business segments to more clearly reflect our evolving business model. Our international distribution activities, which had previously been reported in our Phosphates business segment, were moved into a separate International Distribution segment.

Attracting the Best Talent in the Industry, and Investing in Our Employees

Mosaic aims to be the employer of choice for a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our global talent investment philosophy is to provide competitive compensation and benefits, with flexibility to choose programs that best meet our employees’ needs. Mosaic offers health, welfare and retirement benefits to all full-time employees and eligible dependents.

We attract employees through methods including, but not limited to, job boards, social media, diversity career fairs, veterans career fairs and college job fairs.

In addition to our regular workforce, individual business segments retain contract workers and interns. Our robust student hiring programs provide a work opportunity to summer, co-op and intern students in Canada, the United States and Brazil.

Individual business segments track contract workers by hours worked and in compliance with relevant local legislation, but additional data aggregation and demographic analysis is not currently possible at the group level.

Mosaic recognizes that women are underrepresented across the mining and metals industry. Women make up approximately 15% of our company’s total workforce. In the face of challenging and persistent perceptions that our sector is traditionally “male,” Mosaic strives to improve the number of women we recruit and retain.

Providing Competitive Compensation and Benefits

(G4-EC5, G4-LA2) Mosaic offers competitive compensation and benefits in each of the company’s significant locations of operation. As shown below in local currency, the standard entry-level wage range is higher than the prevailing local minimum wage for each location presented. For Mosaic, minimum wages are generally not relevant since the majority of entry-level Mosaic positions require a higher level of skills or knowledge than jobs at which the minimum wage rate would apply.

Within each of the countries in which Mosaic operates, benefits provided or offered to our full-time employees may differ for various reasons, including:

• State or country mandated benefit laws that apply to Mosaic employees in a specific geography
• Labor agreements between Mosaic and labor organizations acting on behalf of represented employees

• Market-specific benefit programs or practices that exist within an area that Mosaic competes for labor
• The impact to employees of local or national tax laws regarding the treatment of company-sponsored benefits

Part-time employees, which make up less than 1% of our workforce, have benefits and eligibility that vary based on their location.

Mosaic provides competitive compensation and bonus opportunities for jobs in all disciplines and geographic markets based on company and individual performance. Additionally, Mosaic contributes toward retirement income benefits, which may include defined-benefit pension plans, defined-contribution plans or other supplemental retirement plans across our locations and countries. The majority of administrative, insurance and other costs associated with Mosaic-sponsored health and welfare plans is borne by us. Participation in the retirement plans is automatic in the United States and Canada. The defined-contribution plan is open to all, but it is not mandatory to participate.

Mosaic strives to support its employees’ health and wellbeing through a variety of initiatives. Mosaic partnered with a third party at Florida and Louisiana facilities in 2015 to provide onsite medical services for employees, including: occupational care, wellness and preventive health, episodic care, primary care, and chronic condition management.

(G4-LA3) Parental leave is offered to employees in North America, South America and Asia. As parental leaves vary in accordance with local laws and customs across the regions where we operate, Mosaic is unable to track retention rates of employees returning from parental leave. For example, in the United States, parental leave is undistinguished from broader reporting on the Family and Medical Leave Act, as well as state laws.

(G4-11) Employees Covered by Collective Bargaining Agreements

(G4-LA4) Some of Mosaic’s labor agreements contain provisions of advance notice periods with respect to significant operational changes that impact employees. In most locations the exact notice requirement varies depending on circumstances surrounding the changes. In the United States, we adhere to federal and state WARN (The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) laws that require a 60-day notification of plant closings and mass layoffs. In Canada, Mosaic adheres to or exceeds the minimum notice requirements set by the Saskatchewan Employment Act. In China, Mosaic adheres to or exceeds the minimum notice requirements set by Article 41 of the Employment Contract Law (ECL). In Brazil, Mosaic adheres to or exceeds the 30-day notice requirement for dismissals without cause mandated by Brazilian Labor Law. In the other regions where we operate, Mosaic meets and usually exceeds the minimum notice required, which varies by local legislation and collective bargaining agreements.

(G4-MM4) Mosaic has not been subject to organized labor actions, including strikes or lockouts of any duration, at any of its locations in the 2015 reporting period. Moreover, we have not had a strike by or lockout of our employees in facilities where Mosaic is the majority owner since our formation in 2004.

(G4-LA12) Mosaic’s Equal Employment Opportunity and Nondiscrimination Policy provides equal employment opportunities to all Mosaic employees and other qualified persons without regard to race, religion, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other legally protected status under applicable laws in countries where Mosaic employees work. The policy also provides that Mosaic is committed to maintaining a work environment free of discrimination. Mosaic’s commitment applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to:

• Recruiting and hiring
• Training and promotion
• Compensation and benefits
• Performance assessments
• Transfer
• Terminations
• Layoff or recall from layoff
• Leaves of absence
• Company-sponsored training and education

Retaliation or reprisal toward an employee who has exercised their rights under this policy is strictly prohibited. Mosaic’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics reinforces this policy.

Our Commitment to Inclusion reinforces that Mosaic is focused on building a representative workforce that embraces the opportunities that diversity brings to the workplace. Mosaic tracks ethnicity only in the United States. Diversity indicators include American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino, Two or More Races, or White.

(G4-LA13) One of Mosaic’s strategic priorities is to invest in people, and we are committed to providing the environment, development opportunities and compensation to ensure that Mosaic is a company where employees are proud to work and grow.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and our recruiting practices focus on matching the best possible candidate to the position. Mosaic uses salary ranges that are competitive with market pay ranges for positions of comparable responsibility, functional knowledge, impact and other compensable factors. Gender is not a factor when determining compensation. Each salary range has a minimum or threshold salary for a new hire, although Mosaic typically sets the actual salary above this minimum.

While our processes ensure Mosaic’s compensation is competitive and equitable, we also take steps to understand how our employees perceive their pay. In three consecutive biennial engagement surveys—administered globally to all Mosaic employees—we asked for responses to the following statement: I am paid fairly for the value I bring to Mosaic. Both women and men have continued to respond favorably to this question, with 70% and 66%, respectively, either strongly agreeing or agreeing.

Reducing Our Incidents and Injuries

(G4-LA5) We believe sustainability begins with the health and safety of our employees, contractors, communities and visitors. In our pursuit of an incident- and injury-free workplace, we track safety and environmental incidents closely, including near-misses. We investigate their causes in order to mitigate potential risks.

Mosaic has safety committees at a majority of our global operations, representing employees at approximately 95% of our operations. All Mosaic U.S. and Canada locations have formal joint safety committees, with the exception of small locations, such as warehouses, with 15 or fewer employees. The role of these committees, which are composed of employees from all levels, is to promote safety awareness and reinforce a working environment that promotes connectivity, teamwork and productivity among employees while supporting Mosaic’s relentless pursuit of an incident- and injury-free workplace.

There were no work-related fatalities in 2015.

Absenteeism Rates CY2015 (%)

*Data for hourly and salary nonexempt employees only.
**Except for Colonsay, Potash's data is for hourly employees only.
***In China and India, all full-time Mosaic employees are salaried, and absenteeism is accounted for per their respective HR policies.

(G4-LA9, G4-LA10) Mosaic employees are encouraged to continuously learn and improve their skills. With management support, we offer a companywide educational reimbursement program to help employees in each of our operating countries better meet their current job responsibilities, as well as prepare for future career opportunities within our company. Our internal training opportunities also support the continuous development of Mosaic employees at all levels:

• Leadership
• Professional and career development
• Environmental, health and safety (EHS) training
• Equipment and maintenance training
• Continuous improvement

Mosaic provides employees with helpful planning tools, calculators, articles, videos and webcasts, in addition to optional services provided by our third-party vendors to help plan for retirement.

Mosaic also provides support and training for employees during transitional career stages. When a reduction in our workforce occurs, we provide comprehensive career transition services to employees to help ease the stress that accompanies job loss. View Our Workforce for more information on these 2015 efforts.

(G4-LA11) As part of our strategic priority to develop, engage and empower our people, we have a performance management process called EDGE: Evaluating, Developing and Growing Excellence. Our performance management process has evolved to include scaled competencies, goal alignment and an emphasis on employee and career development. In addition, we offer tuition reimbursement programs to support continued education for Mosaic employees. More than 250 employees are currently enrolled in Mosaic’s tuition reimbursement program.