The names of the companies who won the "Erfolgsfaktor Familie 2008" contest (see our dispatch No. 080082) were revealed, on May 29, 2008, by the Federal Minister for Families. Created in 2005, this public initiative sponsored by Angela Merkel and the main social partners, is also presented as a network to exchange experience. With 500 applicants – i.e. 40% more than in 2005, the 2008 award shows companies' growing interest in policies which make recruitment easier, favor women's employment and low absenteeism rates. (Ref. 080460)
The time and energy of a collaborator
taking care of a family and children are not extensible; this is why all the
schemes awarded try, during a few hours to a several years, to offer their
employees a more realistic time management, therefore more effective and less
stressful. At Fraport AG (a transport company which operates the Frankfurt
International Airport), at Heraeus (medical products), or even Bau-Fritz
(wooden houses), child care facilities opened year long free or at a reduced
rate a
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