WORK

FAMILY

Multifaceted Compatibility

Working time "flexible, fair, family-friendly" Flexible working time for parents Part-time jobs also for men and managers Jobsharing Telework

Statutory protected period and return management Planned statutory protected period since early pregnancy Qualification during the statutory protected period Cooperation upon projects and stand-in during holiday leave Mentoring for women returning to work

Multifaceted Compatibility

Culture and management principles Integration of “family“ in the corporate model Consideration for family-friendly management in corporate targets Sense of family as a constituting element of qualification Asistance to employees with care obligations upon management tasks

Childcare results in effective reduction of the parent's burden Corporate kindergartens Daily mothers in a company Flexible leisure time, adventure programmes and care schemes Support to care in urgent cases

Because Compatibility Pays

Good Practice: Count it

Compensation of staff and IT with 80 employees

Family and work compatibility constitutes a corporate principle

• top-down felt

• and supported

Family and work compatibility pays

• 100 % return rate within statutory protected period

• in average 2 sick-leave days/year

Create It Together

General family-friendly conditions are tailored not for but

with the employees.

An ideal management tool in this case:

berufundfamilie audit (work and family audit).

Background

The basis - historical development

the 80's - family friendly index, USA

1995 development in Germany

1998 adaptation in Austria

2001 application throughout Europe "european work & family audit"

The “berufundfamilie“ audit (work and family audit) is a

management tool to optimize family-friendly corporate

policies in order to balance corporate interests and

employees' concerns upon development and implementation

of family-friendly measures

berufundfamilie audit

PrinciplesIndividuality There is no generally applicable concept of the family-work compatibility! The key factor consists in individual corporate strategies

Flexibility Burden variations may result from professional, as well as from private situations Both parties are required to be flexible

Transparency Transparency creates confidence, understanding and acceptable solutions even

in complicated situations Any occurring needs are discussed in a team as required, which enables

innovative solutions

Win-Win-Win Situation Achievement of set business targets and support to employees with care

obligations Measures and solutions must be balanced and may not be adopted at expense

of a single group of employees

Topics in the work & family audit

corporate culture

working time

parenthood, protected period and return to work (re-employment)

work organisation

working place

information and communication policy

management culture

staff development

remuneration components/financial benefits

family services

Fields of Action

Course of the process

Effects of berufundfamilie audit

Internal effects:

specification of employees' needs – feedback on current general conditions and measures

increased motivation and satisfaction of employees

increased loyalty and stronger relation to the company - reduction of unwanted turnover rate

positive effects on the return rate after statutory protective period for mothers and parental statutory protected period

career even with a family thanks to clear planning

reduction of (family-related) stress burden

reduction of absence and sick-leave rates

in general: efficiency increase

Effects of berufundfamilie audit

External effects:

positive impact on the corporate image

strengthened position of an attractive employer

increased competitiveness

The sense of family always proves to be the key regional

element:

The more employers involved in family and work

reconciliation, the more attractive competitive advantage of

the entire region.

The berufundfamilie audit not only helps companies to

develop family-friendly HR policies but also makes this

issue visible for all due to the quality brand.