Employees

Employees

On December 31, 2008, the Hansgrohe Group employed a workforce of 3,152 worldwide. This is 101 fewer than at the cut-off date for the previous year. The reduction in employee numbers mainly affected the production location in North America, where the company was forced to reduce the size of the workforce in response to the economic crisis and the decline in orders.

Unchanged number of employees in Germany

In contrast, the number of employees in Germany remained virtually constant at the end of the year, at 2,061 (2007: 2,082). This also applies to the number of employees in accordance with the parameters of §§ 1 and 3 of the Codetermination Act, which in 2008 stood at 1,969 employees (2007: 1,985).

Outside Germany, the number of employees on December 31, 2008 was 1,091 (2007: 1,171).

The average size of the workforce Hansgrohe Group for fiscal 2008 was 3,223 (2007: 3,180). Of these, 64 percent were employed by the fittings and shower specialist in Germany.

Employees sharing the success of the company

As in previous years, the company’s workers’ participation scheme in place at the German locations allowed employees to benefit from the growth in revenues again in 2008 through a special bonus payment of € 1.14 million in total.

Above average number of trainees

Despite the economic crises and its negative effect on the German job market, Hansgrohe AG increases the number of its trainees when the new vocational training year begins on September 1, 2009 to a total of 146, up by around four percent in comparison to last year. With the 38 young women and men who will be starting their vocational training with the bathroom fittings and shower specialist based in the Black Forest in September, the training quota at Hansgrohe AG will amount to 7.4 percent, significantly higher than the Germany-wide 5.5 percent average in the metal working industry.