PDF (7.3 MB) - GILDEMEISTER Interim Report 3rd Quarter 2012

68Corporate Situation: Employeesqualifications structure of employeesin the gildemeister groupin %In vocationaltraining 4%Without specialistqualifications 3%University graduates,graduates fromcolleges ortechnicalcolleges 33%2010: 5,445 employees 2009: 5,450 employeesWithcommercialor technicalqualifications60%In vocationaltraining 5%Without specialistqualifications 3%University graduates,graduates fromcolleges ortechnicalcolleges 29%Withcommercialor technicalqualifications63%business reportCorporate SituationThe qualifications structure remained continually at the high level of previous years:97% of the workforce had a professional qualification or is currently in training (previousyear: 97%). The number of participants in further training courses was 3,038 employeesor 56% of the workforce (previous year: 3,537 employees or 65%). The main focus wasplaced on training our domestic and international sales and service personnel on newmachine developments. In addition, further training in the areas of information technology,languages and management and work techniques. Overall, further training costsamounted to € 3.5 million (previous year: € 4.9 million). Variable wages recognise individualperformance and promote employee motivation. Furthermore, gildemeister has broughtforward by three months the implementation date of the collective page agreement,which provides for a pay rise as of 1 April 2011 pursuant to the collective pay agreementfor the metal and electrical industry, and has already paid this increase as of 1 January 2011.Further elements for employee motivation are health and safety protection, whichare core components of our value added system both in Germany and abroad. Ourcertified quality management system determines working conditions – of course, alsofor the newly industrialising countries in which gildemeister has production plants aswell as sales and service companies.Employee expenses fell by € 12.9 million to € 333.2 million (previous year:€ 346.1 million). Of these, wages and salaries accounted for € 279.5 million (previousyear: € 291.1 million), social insurance contributions for € 49.8 million (previous year:€ 50.3 million) and retirement pension expenses € 3.9 million (previous year:€ 4.7 million). The personnel ratio was 24.3% (previous year: 30.3%).