Key Performance Indicator G4-LA6
Type of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days and absenteeism, and total number of work-related fatalities, by region and by gender.
In 2013, there was one commuting accident; no other accidents in 2012/2013. The absentee rate due to illness, for the first time determined in the last report, is constantly hovering around 3 percent. In 2012, it was at 2.7 percent, and in 2013 at 3.3 percent.
Key Performance Indicator G4-LA8
Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft applies the collective bargaining agreement for civil service employees (TVöD - Tarifvertrag des Öffentlichen Dienstes) that does not contain statements concerning this matter. The participatory rights of the employees are subject to, among others, the German Occupational Health and Safety Act as well as the Works Constitution Act, which renders further agreements between individual staff members and the labor unions obsolete.
Regulations concerning personal protective equipment can be found, among others, within the trade association regulations; labor unions are represented in the self-administration of the trade associations.
Key Performance Indicator G4-LA9
Average hours of training per year per employee, by gender and by employee category.
The qualification rate per employee was 2.7 days in 2012 and 2.5 days in 2013.
Key Performance Indicator G4-LA12
Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per employee category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity.
While in 2011 3 women worked in management positions at Fraunhofer UMSICHT, the number was already 21 in 2013.
In 2011, the permanent staff consisted of 198 employees, 74 of them women. In the growth in staff levels to 245 people in 2013, it was possible to increase the women’s share from 37 to 40.5 percent.
Any further diversity statistics of the employees, including e.g. diversity of educational background, are not tracked as a standard feature.
Key Performance Indicator G4-HR3
Total number of incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken.
There are no known incidents of discrimination during the reporting period.