HRM GERMANY

STRUCTURE

HR Department

Talent Acquisition & Management

Compensation and Benefits

HR Services

Performance Management

HR POLICIES IN GERMANY
To encourage the growth of both the employee and employer - which are beneficial for the long run of the company Strong Features of Labour Market: 1.Labour laws regarding retirement, redundancies and working hours which set the framework for HR management 2. Secondly, strong labour unions exercise significant political influence on companies and the workforce RECRUITMENT Internal Referrals,Advertising,External Consultants Preference of Women to their workforces for better work-life balance

SELECTION
Screening Interview Selection Test (Personality /IQ) Selection Interview(Semi or unstructured)

Assessment Center
Reference Checks Verification

TRAINING

Average -4 man days mandatory

Vocational training On the Job training

Conditions of Employment:

Individual employment contract Collective bargaining agreement Shop agreement

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

Varies based on Industry /Employment types Basic Pay & Variable linked to Performance Performance Based Pay Linkage to compensation- seen as means to put more pressure on employees Internal promotion is more likely than external promotion

Compensation and Benefits

Bonus- giving a bonus on a yearly basis. Bonus schemes can encourage business objectives. Absence policy- making absence policy in such a way that both the party can make profit from absenteeism. Pension plans There is no legal obligation to provide for an additional company pension scheme Termination of employment-. If an employee resigns, the law requires them to give four weeks' notice. Paying overtime-ensures proper extra payments for overtime.

No overall minimum wage defined by law =minimum hourly wage maximum working day of eight hours - or 10 hours usual German work week is 38.5 hours 18 working days of annual leave Six weeks' leave at full pay prior to the child's birth and eight weeks at full pay afterwards In the case of a multiple birth, 12 weeks' paid leave is allowed. Either parent in both cases is then allowed up to three years of unpaid leave to stay at home with the child

Largest employers

1. Deutsche Post, Germany - 502,545 2. Siemens Group, Germany - 461,000 3. Daimler Chrysler, Germany - 382,724 4. Volkswagen Group - 344,902 5. Metro AG - 204,076 6. Allianz Worldwide - 177,625 7. BMW AG - 105,798 8. Bayer Group - 93,700 9. Deutsche Lufthansa - 92,303 10. RWE Group - 85,928

Corporate Tax: Reduction in the tax burden for businesses from 39.7% to 28.9%. Social Security : Health insurance is 6-7% of taxable income pensions insurance is 9.65 % Unemployment insurance is 3.25 % health/nursing care insurance is 0.85% of taxable income. In total-21% of taxable income.