Volkswagen AG

Wolfsburg

documented benefits (16)

Parent-child offices: if childcare falls through, you bring the child in and they play, sleep or do homework while you work.
You get the whole of 24 and 31 December off.
Take three to six months off at 75% of your salary under the 'Meine AusZeit' scheme, and pay it back afterwards.
School-holiday childcare that takes the kids on tours through the production plants, the works fire brigade and the printing plant.
A 'time asset bond' (Zeit-Wertpapier) you build from earnings to stop working before retirement age — the more you earn, the earlier you go.
Two managers can job-share one management post, each on reduced hours.

Set by law, not by Volkswagen AG. It applies to every employer in Wolfsburg.

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.)
How healthcare is paid for	Statutory health insurance (GKV), premium a percentage of salary and split with the employer. Covers about 90% of the population. (Bundesurlaubsgesetz §3; Mutterschutzgesetz.)

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