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"Perspectives 2011" - Sustainability and Annual Report (pdf)

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Workforce <strong>and</strong> work environmentP Human resources strategyP Training <strong>and</strong> HR developmentP DiversityP Work-life balance <strong>and</strong> health protectionq Remuneration <strong>and</strong> codeterminationEnvironmental <strong>and</strong> climate protectionFinancial reviewSustainable developmentProtecting jobsTo comply with a 1996 EU directive requiring that thirdpartyground services providers be allowed to operateat airports in the European Union, we had to admit acompeting operator to Munich Airport. Because thisoperator paid its employees lower wages <strong>and</strong> wasthus able to charge lower rates than Flughafen MünchenGmbH for ground h<strong>and</strong>ling services, we facedthe risk of having to shed jobs in this sector at sometime in the future.Our first step to counter this risk was to form a newFMG subsidiary, MUC Ground Services (MGS). However,to secure the renewal of ground h<strong>and</strong>ling contractswith carriers – including Lufthansa, our biggestcustomer – management had to ask the workforce tomake sacrifices on more than one occasion in recentyears, both in terms of pay <strong>and</strong> the way their work wasorganized. In July 2011, AeroGround, a wholly ownedFMG subsidiary, began providing ground h<strong>and</strong>lingser vices at Munich Airport. This company employsformer FMG workers (under the same contracts) <strong>and</strong>former MGS workers.Working closely with the labor unions <strong>and</strong> the workscouncil, we have managed to find solutions that willenable us to secure jobs in this segment at least until2016. These solutions include collective labor agreements,special working time arrangements aimed ateasing the burden on employees, <strong>and</strong> greater use ofpart-time workers to support the core workforce atpeak times. All this has enabled the FMG Group toprotect jobs in ground h<strong>and</strong>ling while continuing tooffer airlines <strong>and</strong> their passengers a reliable service.Now, though, parts of the European Commission <strong>and</strong>a small number of airlines are calling for the marketto be opened up still further. This is something thatFMG, its works council, <strong>and</strong> policymakers in Berlin<strong>and</strong> Brussels all firmly reject. An additional groundh<strong>and</strong>ling operator at Munich Airport would make itimpossible for AeroGround to break even, a situationthat would clearly have negative consequences forthe workforce <strong>and</strong> for job security.91

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