Employee development On the reporting date of 30/06/2023, Blum Austria employed 6,810 staff, which is 2.4% fewer than the figure for the 2021/2022 reporting period (6,980 employees). Currently, approx. 60% of employees work on the production side of the business (production, logistics, maintenance, production engineering, work practices) and the remaining 40% work on the administrative side. Across the company, 7.22% of employees work part time. 71.7% of these staff have administrative roles and 28.3% work in production. On the reporting date, there were 358 apprentices employed by the company across 10 different professions. The term ‘administrative’ covers all areas of Julius Blum GmbH’s operations that are not directly related to production. Social responsibility *Not including holiday interns or temporary staff Calculation method: The recruitment rate is the number of new appointees as a percentage of the total number of employees in the respective age group Calculation method: The staff turnover rate is the number of company leavers as a percentage of the total number of employees in the respective age group Female Male Total Full-time employees 678 5,640 6,318 Part-time employees 250 242 492 Total 6,810* Female Male Total Under 30 310 1,465 1,775 Aged 30–50 461 3,215 3,676 Aged over 50 157 1,202 1,359 Total 6,810 Age Gender Number Rate Under 30 Male 165 11.3% Under 30 Female 60 19.4% 30–50 Male 87 2.6% 30–50 Female 48 10.1% Over 50 Male 8 0.7% Over 50 Female 8 5.7% Total Male and female 376 5.5% Age Gender Number Rate Under 30 Male 315 20.4% Under 30 Female 48 15.8% 30–50 Male 133 4.0% 30–50 Female 39 8.3% Over 50 Male 8 0.7% Over 50 Female 4 2.9% Total Male and female 547 7.9% The total number of new appointments in the reporting year stood at 376 (compared to 868 in 2021/22). The most represented groups among these new appointees were men (11.3%) and women (19.4%) aged under 30. ➔ GRI 2-7 The attractiveness of Blum as an employer can be measured based on both the recruitment rate and staff turnover rate. The staff turnover rate at Blum is very low – just 7.9% – and we work hard to keep it that way by maintaining and, where necessary, enhancing our employee development initiatives. ➔ GRI 401-1 61
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