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13 Daimler 360 DEGREES – Facts on Sustainability 2008
Labour Practice and Decent Work
LA9 Add
LA10 Core
LA11 Add
Health and safety topics covered in formal
agreements with trade unions
Average hours of training per year per employee by
employee category
Programs for skills management and lifelong
learning that support the continued employability of
employees and assist them in managing career
endings
Global
Compact
Principle 1 54–56
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Degree
47, 48
55, 56
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x
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There are formal agreements with the Works
Council that govern matters of occupational
safety. The following formal general agreements
are in place:
1. Framework directive for occupational safety
management
2. Occupational health and safety guidelines
3. Occupational safety directive for noise
abatement
4. Occupational safety directive for security
personnel
5. Occupational safety directive for personal
protective equipment
6. General Works Agreement on conducting
hazard assessments
7. Works agreement governing working with
monitors and computer displays
The following local agreements are in place:
8. Local regulations regarding the committees
9. Voluntary General Works Agreement
governing employee qualification programs
Personal protective equipment (see 5.).
Work safety committee (see 8.).
Participation in occupational safety inspections,
audits, ... (see 6.).
Vocational training and development (see 9.).
Complaint process (see 2.).
The right to refuse unsafe work assignments
(see 2.).
Regularly scheduled inspections (see 6.).
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The company essentially offers a variety of
alternatives for qualification. The General Works
Agreement “Qualifications”, for example, offers
a wide variety of options for personal and career
development. According to the terms of this
company agreement, employees are entitled to
take up to three years’ leave of absence from the
company to continue their training or education.
Similar opportunities are provided by the
company agreement governing part-time
employment, which also allows a limited leave of
absence (sabbatical) from the company. Daimler
AG offered professional outplacement
consulting services to improve career prospects
outside the Group for managers and employees
affected by implementation of the New
Management Model (NMM). More than 130
executive managers and about 150 non-exempt
employees have taken advantage of this offer to
date. Ninety percent of the individual consulting
cases for managers were successfully concluded
during the 12-month separation process that
was contractually agreed on as part of the
voluntary severance agreement. The average
consulting period for individual cases was seven