{"id":7455,"date":"2021-03-17T10:03:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charleroi-metropole.be\/2021\/03\/17\/in-deze-onderneming-staat-de-werknemer-centraal\/"},"modified":"2021-04-08T14:36:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T12:36:48","slug":"in-deze-onderneming-staat-de-werknemer-centraal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charleroi-metropole.be\/en\/decouvrir\/in-deze-onderneming-staat-de-werknemer-centraal\/","title":{"rendered":"The company whose workers are its beating heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

From laundry services to the designing of electronic cards, the adapted work centre\u00a0Entra<\/a>, based in Heppignies, sets out to develop jobs that are made to measure and can be enjoyed by its (future) employees.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jobs adapted to meet workers\u2019 needs<\/h2>\n

Among Entra\u2019s 1,000 employees, 70% have some form of long-term illness or handicap. These workers have been officially recognised by AViQ (the Quality of Life Agency), and their bill of health means that changes need to be made to their working conditions. \u201cWe adapt jobs to take into account our employees\u2019 health conditions and abilities,\u201d specifies Jean-Marc Dieu, the company\u2019s general director.<\/p>\n

To maintain high quality jobs, the company strives constantly to adapt the workers\u2019 jobs in line with changing health conditions. \u201cGiven that those alongside us can experience deteriorating health, we pay close attention to adapting the work they do and the ergonomics of their workstation. This means that we adapt their work to reflect their needs,\u201d Jean-Marc Dieu tells us. \u201cIf an employee\u2019s health means that he or she can no longer perform certain tasks, we try as much as possible to look for other jobs they can do, that are a better fit given their physical or sensory constraints.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Clients\u2019 demands are divided up into different tasks, which are in turn allocated to different workers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Entra has developed 6 complementary services (including laundry,\u00a0insourcing, a call centre and even renovation). Within these services, the tasks are varied and offer different levels of complexity, from the most straightforward, such as the moving of raw materials for a tiler, to the more complex, such as assembling electronic cards for the aerospace industry.<\/p>\n