Sol Meliá has an Executive Behaviour code supervised by the Remuneration and Appointments Committee of the Board of Directors and by Group Human Resources which deals with the following points:
Sol Meliá currently manages to 35 collective agreements, and also participates in 12 bargaining tables. Furthermore, there are 150 Workplace Committees in which the largest Spanish unions are represented.
The percentage of workers on a global scale covered by collective bargaining agreements are the following:
In 2008 the company did not receive any significant fines for lack of compliance with laws and regulations on workers’ rights.
The company always applies the corresponding labour legislation, applicable collective bargaining agreement or labour agreement. At Sol Meliá the number of employees represented by a collective agreement is 73.15%.
After signing an agreement with ACIMECPAT a number of actions focused on raising awareness were carried out for a total of 28,000 employees from 1,800 work groups all over the world. An instructor was designated in each hotel who then provided the corresponding information kit.
Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts is the world's largest resort hotel company and the largest hotel chain in Spain in both resort and city hotels. Sol Meliá is third in the European ranking and the twelfth largest hotel chain in the world. As well as being the resort chain in the world it is also the largest hotel company in Iberoamerica and the Caribbean. The company currently operates more than 300 hotels in 30 countries on 4 continents. Sol Meliá includes Melia, Tryp Hotels, Sol Hotels, Gran Melia, Innside, Paradisus Resorts and Me by Melia.