Merck KGaA

Darmstadt · founded 1668

documented benefits (9)

From our Fertility Benefit, to helping support your family life through all its different stages.
You can apply for a sabbatical of up to a whole year — and an emergency sabbatical of up to three months if life falls apart
A daycare centre on the Darmstadt site that has been there over 50 years, 150 places, open 6:30am to 7pm
Bank time and salary into a long-term account and retire up to three years early, or drop to half hours for six years
Under mywork@Merck your working hours are not recorded or monitored at all

Set by law, not by Merck KGaA. It applies to every employer in Darmstadt.

PTO	20 (Bundesurlaubsgesetz §3; Mutterschutzgesetz)
Birthing-parent leave	14 (Bundesurlaubsgesetz §3; Mutterschutzgesetz)
State health cover	statutory health insurance, contributions split roughly equally with the employer (Bundesurlaubsgesetz §3; Mutterschutzgesetz)
Normal working week	no statutory normal working week; the legal maximum is 48 hours (Arbeitszeitgesetz §3)
Right to request flexible work	true (Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetz §8 (Verringerung der Arbeitszeit) and §9a (Brückenteilzeit))
What parental leave pays	Elterngeld: 67% of net employment income lost after the birth. Above €1,200 pre-birth net the rate falls by 0.1 percentage points per €2, to a floor of 65%; below €1,000 it rises by 0.1 points per €2, to as much as 100%. (paid by state (federal benefit, paid by the regional Elterngeldstelle)) (Bundeselterngeld- und Elternzeitgesetz (BEEG) §2 and §4)

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