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success story: compatibility – Better compatibility of family, care and work

Family friendliness is an important argument for companies to attract skilled professionals. Whether flexible working time models, support with childcare or caring for relatives - companies in the Augsburg region live a family-friendly corporate culture and have adopted various methods to make it easier for their employees to combine family, care and work. 

What it's about:

The compatibility of family and career is an essential component of corporate attractiveness. Companies and organizations in the Augsburg region exemplify a family-friendly corporate culture and implement a wide range of measures.

The implementation of a wide range of company measures has improved the compatibility of family and career in recent years. However, these measures are only fully effective if their utilisation is widely accepted and family friendliness is firmly anchored in the corporate culture. In the A3 economic region, many companies are focussing on family friendliness, thereby increasing employee satisfacation and motivation.

 Compatibility through flexibility

Flexible working hours and home office solutions from the basis for reconciling family and career. Flexitime models, part- time positions and home office options give families the room manoevre they need. By offering a high degree of flexibility, companies increase their attractiveness not only for families, but also for all other skilled workers. Self-determined working time models are an important factor for most employees and therefore a strong argument on the labour market. At the Augsburg-based company tresmo, parental leave is also flexible. Employees can individually adjust the length of their leave. Employees at Borscheid+Wenig GmbH also appreciate the flexibility of working hours. The flexitime account and the newly introduced 35-hour week give employees the freedom and flexibility they need to reconcile family and career. This means that the little ones can always be looked after without any problems during holiday periods or in the event of a childcare emergency.

Re-entry made easy

The transitions from parental leave back to work is a challange for new parents. Companies can make this process easier for their employees. Flexibility in terms of working hours and place of work is also important when returning to work. Part-time models or home office solutions offer employees the opportunity to coordinate work and family well. Contact maintenance programms for employeeson parental leave keep them informed about what is happening in the company during their absence and make it easier for them to return to work. WORGA AG, for example, maintains contact with employees on parental leave with the help of WORGA News. LeitWerk AG was able to recruit new employees who were looking to return to work after parental leave through the  ‘Return to work perspective’ project.

 

Compatibility through support with care and support

Support for the care of both children and family members in need of care goes one step further. For many young families, a childcare place is a tricky cost factor. That's why a childcare allowance or even in-house childcare is a benefit that employees greatly appreciate. In addition to flexible working hours and WOGRA News for employees on parental leave, the Augsburg-based software manufacturer WOGRA AG offers its employees a subsidy or coverage of the costs for daycare and kindergarten. Founder and CEO Wolfgang Graßhof sees the compatibility of family and career as an important success factor. Framework conditions that are customised to the needs of employees promote their motivation and therefore contribute to the company's success. At e-koris GmbH, too, family comes first. The managing directors of the family business, Claudia and Daniela Brandstädter, show that a work-life balance is also possible in the skilled trades. Flexible working hours for caring for relatives and a childcare allowance are measures that are highly appreciated by employees. Both companies are members of the Bavarian Family Pact.

There are many opportunities for comapanies to become more family- friendly. In order to optimise the planning and implementation of measures and programmes for more family-friendliness and to tailor them to the individual need of employees, the Region Augsburg Wirtschaft offers individual advice and supporting through the Work-Life Balance Service Centre.

Re-entry made easy

The transitions from parental leave back to work is a challange for new parents. Companies can make this process easier for their employees. Flexibility in terms of working hours and place of work is also important when returning to work. Part-time models or home office solutions offer employees the opportunity to coordinate work and family well. Contact maintenance programms for employeeson parental leave keep them informed about what is happening in the company during their absence and make it easier for them to return to work. WORGA AG, for example, maintains contact with employees on parental leave with the help of WORGA News. LeitWerk AG was able to recruit new employees who were looking to return to work after parental leave through the  ‘Return to work perspective’ project.

 

Compatibility through support with care and support

Support for the care of both children and family members in need of care goes one step further. For many young families, a childcare place is a tricky cost factor. That's why a childcare allowance or even in-house childcare is a benefit that employees greatly appreciate. In addition to flexible working hours and WOGRA News for employees on parental leave, the Augsburg-based software manufacturer WOGRA AG offers its employees a subsidy or coverage of the costs for daycare and kindergarten. Founder and CEO Wolfgang Graßhof sees the compatibility of family and career as an important success factor. Framework conditions that are customised to the needs of employees promote their motivation and therefore contribute to the company's success. At e-koris GmbH, too, family comes first. The managing directors of the family business, Claudia and Daniela Brandstädter, show that a work-life balance is also possible in the skilled trades. Flexible working hours for caring for relatives and a childcare allowance are measures that are highly appreciated by employees. Both companies are members of the Bavarian Family Pact.

There are many opportunities for comapanies to become more family- friendly. In order to optimise the planning and implementation of measures and programmes for more family-friendliness and to tailor them to the individual need of employees, the Region Augsburg Wirtschaft offers individual advice and supporting through the Work-Life Balance Service Centre.

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