179 Life Is On | Schneider Electric www.se.com 2021 Sustainable Development Report 2021 audited indicators. UP = Unpublished. (1) Based on data tracked in our global TalentLink tool, excluding supplementary employees, recent acquisitions, entities not integrated to the Group’s information system tools and interns (128,384 employees, i.e. around 87% of employees excluding supplementary employees); (2) Acquisitions/disposals and supplementary employees not taken into account in the calculation; (3) Excluding data for the US and Canada due to local regulation of non-disclosure of birth data of employees. Hires (1)(2) GRI Indicators Units 2021 2020 2019 2018 401-1 Breakdown by type of contract Permanent contract % 64% 62% 70% 63% Fixed-term contract % 36% 38% 30% 37% 401-1 Breakdown by category White collar % 34% 19% 37% 39% Blue collar % 66% 81% 63% 61% 401-1 Breakdown by gender Men % 59% 59% 60% 62% Women % 41% 41% 40% 38% 401-1 Breakdown by age (3) < 30 years % 64% UP UP UP 30-50 years % 34% UP UP UP > 50 years % 2% UP UP UP 401-1 Breakdown by region Asia-Pacific % 34% 26% 44% 35% Western Europe % 13% 9% 12% 16% North America % 42% 55% 29% 33% Rest of the world % 12% 10% 15% 16% 2021 audited indicators. UP = Unpublished. (1) Based on data tracked in our global TalentLink tool, excluding supplementary employees, recent acquisitions, entities not integrated to the Group’s information system tools and interns (128 384 employees, i.e. around 87% of employees excluding supplementary employees); (2) Acquisitions/disposals and supplementary employees not taken into account in the calculation; (3) Excluding data for the US and Canada due to local regulation of non-disclosure of birth data of employees. Layoffs (1)(2) GRI Indicators Units 2021 2020 2019 2018 401-1 Breakdown by type of contract Open-ended contract % 70% 72% 79% 80% Fixed-term contract % 30% 28% 21% 20% 401-1 Breakdown by category White collar % 22% 20% 33% 35% Blue collar % 78% 80% 67% 65% 401-1 Breakdown by Region Asia-Pacific % 33% 28% 30% 23% Western Europe % 9% 8% 8% 10% North America % 47% 50% 44% 42% Rest of the world % 10% 14% 18% 24% (1) Based on data tracked in our global TalentLink tool, excluding supplementary employees, recent acquisitions, entities not integrated to the Group’s information system tools and interns (128 384 employees, i.e. around 87% of employees excluding supplementary employees); (2) Acquisitions/disposals and supplementary employees not taken into account in the calculation.