Company: GIFLF
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001104659-25-034245
Chunk: 238

Company: Grifols SA
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 238
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 America            13,771   ​     14,076   ​     16,862
Rest of the World         5,643   ​      5,480   ​      5,228
Total                    23,822   ​     23,737   ​     26,314
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We actively train our employees. The Grifols Academy opened in Spain during the second quarter of 2011. It is a meeting point for advanced training on all processes related to the preparation and production of plasma-derived medicines. The Grifols Academy acts as a center of technical, scientific and management training for the Grifols Group’s personnel, fostering a continued exchange among experts and external bodies, such as professional healthcare associations, hospitals, schools and universities. Through the Grifols Academy, we offer to our employees technical training and professional development opportunities, including an educational expenses reimbursement program, a number of long-term leadership development initiatives and onboarding processes conducted with virtual reality technology. In the last three years, an annual average of more than 12,300 of our employees participated in the Grifols Academy’s professional development and plasmepherisis training programs.
In 2024, we took an important step forward with the unveiling of the “Copilot” tool, a generative AI solution available to all employees. We hosted interactive webinars on its features to help employees unlock its full potential. We also offer flexible, on-demand learning options, empowering employees to personalize their learning and access resources that best align with their explicit development goals.
We promote social dialogue founded on freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, taking into account the unique cultural, historical, economic and political frameworks in its countries of operation. In addition to cultivating open lines of communication, we adapt our social dialogue to each country’s specific context. These efforts strengthen our corporate culture and ensures employee needs are met. 
Effective communication with workers’ legal representation is essential for addressing the transversal issues that require collective bargaining across the company’s various workplaces. The Spanish labor-relations system defines two types of company representation: trade union representation and unitary or elective representation. We hold regular and extraordinary staff-related meetings with these representatives, who form part of trade union sections, work councils and employee delegations. Our Spanish employees are mainly represented by three labor unions, the Workers’ Commissions (Comisiones Obreras - CCOO), the Workers General Union (Unión General de Trabajadores - UGT) and the General