Work / Life Balance

Our employees should be able to integrate their careers and private lives. WACKER is dedicated to this aim. WACKER has a wide range of flextime models, even including a self-regulated system based on trust. Wherever possible, we offer both full-time and part-time jobs, even for shift workers in continuously operating plants. In individual cases, WACKER enables employees to work from home (an option that may be combined with part-time work), and authorizes unpaid leave for urgent personal matters.

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Part-Time Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part-time employees, WACKER Germany

 

996

 

973

 

762

Thereof female

 

726

 

718

 

623

Thereof male

 

270

 

255

 

139

Part-time employees, WACKER Germany (%)

 

7.9

 

7.6

 

6.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees in phased early retirement

 

900

 

1,056

 

1,268

Thereof in non-active phase

 

573

 

413

 

429

A key aspect of WACKER’s HR policy focuses on ensuring that our employees can balance family life with work. The variety of work-time models reflects the circumstances specific to men and women at particular stages in their lives. WACKER was one of the first companies to sign a joint declaration on Germany’s “Family as a Success Factor” business network, which has its origins in an initiative launched by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs and the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce. In the declaration, WACKER commits itself to taking into account the needs of employees with family obligations and to offering suitable support.

We support childcare and the return to work after parental leave. One example is the return-to-work workshop at the Burghausen site. Day care and after-school care facilities are available at the Wöhler-Kinderhaus, located very close to the plant. A local day-care center offers a fixed number of day care slots to employees at the Siltronic site in Freiberg, Saxony. At the Munich site, pme Familienservice GmbH helps employees find kindergarten and preschool places.

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Employees on Parental Leave, WACKER Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parental leave

 

387

 

356

 

336

Thereof men

 

173

 

135

 

107

Thereof women

 

214

 

221

 

229

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Returnees from parental leave

 

226

 

232

 

183

Thereof men

 

161

 

120

 

97

Thereof women

 

65

 

112

 

86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Returnees from parental leave who were still working for the company 12 months later

 

223

 

200

 

159

Thereof men

 

119

 

102

 

96

Thereof women

 

104

 

98

 

63

At all its German sites, WACKER offers a service for family emergencies. Whether employees themselves or family members fall ill or need nursing care, advice can be obtained from pme Familienservice GmbH.