"Family Company" in the truest sense of the phrase
We support the balance of career and family
VAUDE is a family business - and that goes far beyond the description of the company’s ownership. This concept is the foundational basis for one of our key corporate values: "Family Business".
The basis for our cooperation with each other within the company is our positive view of human nature, that people are basically self-motivated. They enjoy the effort of putting their skills to use and are happy to take on responsibilities. - see also "culture of values and trust".
Work-life balance has a high priority
"Family business" means that the balance between family/private life and career has a very high priority at VAUDE. For VAUDE, the personal lives of our colleagues are important as well. We strive to find joint solutions that also meet their private needs and wishes.
VAUDE offers individualized working models, home offices and part-time jobs. This is especially taken into consideration for our colleagues returning from a longer parental leave, so that they can successfully reintegrate their careers and private lives with a variety of flexible working-hour models.
| GRI: | LA3 |
| GRI: | DMA Employment |
| GRI: | DMA Labor/ Management Relations |
In good hands at the VAUDE Kinderhaus child care center
Especially in rural areas, reliable child-care is a key factor in successfully combining work and family. The VAUDE Kinderhaus has provided exemplary child care services since 2001. 31 children between 6 months and 10 years are cared for in nursery and a mixed age groups with after-school supervision. See “VAUDE Kinderhaus - our company kindergarten”. The birthrate at VAUDE has tripled since the opening of the Kinderhaus Child Care Center and is now almost four times as high as the German national average.
It has become a standard practice for our male colleagues to take at least two months parental leave after the birth of a child. All of our employees, including those in part-time, our interns and our temporary workers, are entitled to parental leave.
In total, 32 employees, including 20 women and 12 men took, parental leave during the reporting period. 17 employees returned to work in 2013, including 5 women (including two part-time jobs during parental leave) and 12 men.
Parent meetings help employees ease back into their jobs
To ensure that our colleagues on parental leave return promptly to work in a way that meets their personal needs, we support dialogue during and after the parental leave period. We organize parent meetings twice a year in order to maintain contact and encourage dialogue between VAUDE and our employees.
The head of our Human Resources & Organization department is responsible for the implementation of these measures.
