Work-Life Balance

GRI 102-8, GRI 401-3, GRI 103-1, GRI 103-2, GRI 103-3, GRI 404-2

WACKER is dedicated to helping its employees to successfully integrate their careers and private lives. Our company 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. In individual cases, WACKER enables employees to work from home (an option that may be combined with part-time work).

Part-Time Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part-time positions were recalculated in accordance with the German Part-Time Work and Fixed-Term Employment Contracts Act. A part-time position is any position with < 100%, previously < 96.13% in continuous (24-7) shift mode.

Figures for 2014 were adapted as defined by the German Part-Time Work and Fixed-Term Employment Contracts Act (TzBfG).

 

 

 

 

 

Part-time employees, WACKER Germany

 

3,477

 

3,440

 

3,376

Thereof female

 

1,160

 

1,141

 

1,091

Thereof male

 

2,317

 

2,299

 

2,285

Part-time employees, WACKER Germany (%)

 

28.6

 

28.1

 

27.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees in phased early retirement

 

1,173

 

1,179

 

1,058

Thereof in non-active phase

 

366

 

428

 

556

 

 

 

 

 

Our employees have access to a variety of leave options and part-time models for personal situations, such as providing care for family members with serious health conditions, pursuing further education or taking a sabbatical. Unpaid leave can be taken up to a maximum period of two years. These arrangements are based on the “Working Life and Demography” collective-bargaining agreement and offer employees a wide range of options for balancing their careers with different stages of their lives.

Leave-Of-Absence Options Used by Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Sabbatical for personal reasons

2

Advanced training either part-time alongside work or full-time

3

Leave to provide care for a family member with a serious health condition

 

 

 

 

 

Sabbaticals1

 

65

 

50

 

39

Qualifications2

 

15

 

7

 

6

Care3

 

3

 

3

 

2

Total

 

83

 

60

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

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 for Family Affairs and the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce. In this 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 annual 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. At the Munich and Stuttgart sites, pme Familienservice GmbH helps employees find kindergarten and preschool places.

Since 2016, the service for family emergencies offered by WACKER at all its German sites has been provided by a new, specialized service provider: whether employees themselves or family members fall ill or need nursing care, advice can be obtained from Amiravita GmbH.

Employees on Parental Leave, WACKER Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parental leave

 

504

 

474

 

446

Thereof men

 

262

 

233

 

203

Thereof women

 

242

 

241

 

243

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Returnees from parental leave

 

344

 

314

 

291

Thereof men

 

248

 

218

 

193

Thereof women

 

96

 

96

 

98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

310

 

283

 

265

Thereof men

 

215

 

187

 

191

Thereof women

 

95

 

96

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

WACKER is one of Germany’s most family-friendly companies with more than 500 employees – these are the findings of a survey conducted by Eltern magazine and the Statista statistics website. In 2016, the magazine and the market research firm joined forces to ask roughly 19,000 employees what mothers and fathers expect from their employers. WACKER received three of a possible four points in each of the following categories: “Work-life balance,” “Flexible working hours” and “Would you recommend your employer?” Those results make the Group one of 274 companies in Germany to receive the “Best Companies for Families” seal of approval.