Employee participation is encouraged through a network of works councils that bring together managers and employees across the organization on a regular basis to discuss work and HR-related issues. Results of dialogues in the countries’ works councils are fed into one international platform that meets twice a year to discuss social policy issues and general business information relevant to Randstad Group companies.

Randstad also actively engages in dialogues with labor unions, at both the national and the European level. UNI-Europa, the representative labor union for services in Europe, is invited to attend the international platform meetings as an observer. At a pan-European level, UNI-Europa and the European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Euro-CIETT) meet in the Social Dialogue, a forum that allows representatives of labor unions, governments, employer federations and private employment agencies to get together and discuss relevant issues.

Randstad has a Group-wide code of conduct. In addition to basic ethics, this code of conduct addresses a wide range of topics, including the treatment of confidential information and to what extent corporate gifting is acceptable. Alongside the code of conduct, Randstad has included a provision for reporting misconduct. Called the integrity code, it outlines steps one can take to report a concern. This means that someone acting in good faith can report misconduct without fear of retaliation. The misconduct can relate to violations of legal obligations, potential improper management practices or lack of compliance with internal policies.