At the end of last year, JSW employed 24 315 employees, including 19 012 working underground and 5 303 on the surface. According to the objectives for 2016 employment level should decrease - only because of natural reasons - by another 1,612 persons.

Despite so many leaves at the end of the year 2015 JSW employed 802 people who have already acquired pension entitlements. In 2016 the Company does not plan to recruit for new workforce and the scope of work created as a result of not employing the new staff will be handled by the SIG company, belonging to the group. This year SiG plans to hire about 400 workers, while in the previous year it employed 787 people.