Annual Report 2022

Annual Report 2022

Employees

As of December 31, 2022, we had 843 employees and 216 consultants, which we refer to as “contingent workers.” At each date shown below, we had the following number of employees, broken out by department and geography.

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

Function

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

367

 

289

 

193

Selling, general and administrative

 

476

 

361

 

143

Total

 

843

 

650

 

336

Geography

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belgium

 

363

 

296

 

213

U.S.

 

340

 

276

 

108

Japan

 

75

 

57

 

13

The Netherlands

 

 

 

Switzerland

 

15

 

9

 

2

France

 

11

 

3

 

Germany

 

11

 

9

 

Canada

 

5

 

 

Other EU – remote

 

23

 

 

Total

 

843

 

650

 

336

Collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) can be entered into in Belgium at the national, industry, or company levels. These CBAs are binding on both employers and employees. We have no trade union representation or CBAs at the company level, but we are subject to the national and chemical industry CBAs. The CBAs currently applicable to us relate to employment conditions such as wages, working time, job security, innovation and supplementary pensions. We have not had, and do not anticipate having, disputes on any of these subjects. CBAs may, however, change the employment conditions of our employees in the future and hence adversely affect our employment relationships.