People

Our employees are our most valuable resource. As such, we take special care to maintain a pleasant corporate culture in which every employee can be recognised, encouraged and supported as an individual. To ensure we can act accordingly, we regularly analyse the relevant KPIs and use them to derive the necessary measures. Our overviews on the subject of People provide an insight into the significant figures on this topic.

Total number of employees by region

^*The number of employees includes 16 trainees, 42 employees on fixed-term contracts and no contract workers.
Past figures have been adjusted due to the change in calculation methodology. Instead of the previous method of calculating averages for the number of employees per year, a reporting date analysis as of 31 December of the respective year was introduced.
Total number of employees by region	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Number of employees across all locations	436	415	406	377	391
Germany*	422	400	392	361	375
The Netherlands	2	2	2	2	2
Switzerland	3	4	3	3	2
UK	9	9	9	11	12

Employee key figures

Employee key figures	2023				2022				2021				2020
Germany	Total	Men	Women	Proportion of women	Total	Men	Women	Proportion of women	Total	Men	Women	Proportion of women	Total	Men	Women	Proportion of women
Trainees	16	11	5	31.25%	19	11	8	42.1%	18	11	7	38.9%	18	14	4	22.2%
Employees with a management function	21	16	5	23.81%	27	24	3	11.1 %	28	25	3	10.7%	30	27	3	10.0%
Commercial employees	176	106	70	39.77%	146	85	61	41.8%	127	70	57	44.9%	109	65	44	40.4%
Wage-earning employees	209	190	19	9.09%	208	189	19	9.1%	219	203	16	7.3%	204	187	17	8.3%
Total	422	323	99	23.46%	400	309	91	22.8%	392	309	83	21.2%	361	293	68	18.8%
Of which ... wage-earning contract workers	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%	3	3	0	0.0%	6	6	0	0.0%
... pieceworkers	146	135	11	7.53%	145	134	11	7.6%	147	137	10	6.8%	141	129	12	8.5%
Of which part-time ... commercial	17	3	14	82.35%	14	0	14	100.0%	18	2	16	88.9%	15	3	12	80.0%
... wage-earning	9	1	8	88.89%	12	3	9	75.0	9	3	6	66.7%	9	1	8	88.9%
Commercial employees with a disability	7	2	5	71%	4	1	3		3	1	2		2	2	0
Share:	3.98%	1.89%	7.14%	0.7%	2.74%	1.18%	4.92%		2.36%	1.43%	3.51%		1.83%	3.08%	0.00%
Wage-earning employees with a disability	6	5	1	17%	5	4	1		0				3	2	1
Share:	2.87%	2.63%	5.26%		2.4%	2.12%	5.26%		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%		1.47%	1.07%	5.88%
Proportion of employees with a disability	3.08%	2.17%	6.06%		2.25%	1.62	4.40%		0.77%	0.32%	2.41%		1.39%	1.37%	1.47%
Average age	45	45.91	42.46		41.1				43.14				43.26
Total employee turnover	6.64%	6.50%	7.07%		6.75%	7.77%	3.30%		7.4%	7.12%		8.43%	11.63%	11.95%	10.29%
Employee departures	28	21	7		27	24	3		29	22	7		42	35	7

Workforce

The low proportion of women in production is striking. One reason for this can be assumed to be the high proportion of shift work, which makes it difficult to reconcile work and family life. A significantly higher proportion of women can be seen in areas that work single shifts. Another factor is that furniture and its components are very heavy, and these loads were traditionally handled using physical strength. Almost all areas are now equipped with lifting and handling aids, making it easier for women to carry out these tasks. In principle, we endeavour to ensure that all our employees have equal opportunities regardless of gender, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability.

Administration

Age cohorts	Total number	Number of women	Proportion of women	Number of men	Proportion of men
< 30 years	42	17	40.78%	25	59.52%
< 50 years	92	38	41.30%	54	58.70%
>= 50 years	79	25	31.65%	54	68.35%
Total	213	80	37.56%	133	62.44%

Production

Age cohorts	Total number	Number of women	Proportion of women	Number of men	Proportion of men
< 30 years	26	3	11.54%	23	88.46%
< 50 years	82	6	7.32%	76	92.68%
>= 50 years	101	10	9.90%	91	90.10%
Total	209	19	9.09%	190	90.91%

Total at ASSMANN

Age cohorts	Total number	Number of women	Proportion of women	Number of men	Proportion of men
< 30 years	68	20	29.41%	48	70.59%
< 50 years	174	44	25.29%	130	74.71%
>= 50 years	180	35	19.44%	145	80.56%
Total	422	99	23.46%	323	76.54%

Unplanned departures

Overall, unplanned employee turnover at ASSMANN is very low, at 3.32 per cent. The unplanned employee turnover does not include departures due to retirement. Adjusting for these provides a more accurate indicator of employee satisfaction and retention.

Unplanned departures – Administration

Age cohorts	Total number	Total share	Number of women	Fluctuation amongst women	Number of men	Fluctuation amongst men
< 30 years	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
< 50 years	4	4.35%	1	2.63%	3	5.56%
>= 50 years	4	5.06%	2	8.00%	2	3.70%
Total	8	3.76%	3	3.75%	5	3.76%

Unplanned departures – Production

Age cohorts	Total number	Total share	Fluctuation amongst women	Number of men	Fluctuation amongst men
< 30 years	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%
< 50 years	3	3.66%	0.00%	3	3.95%
>= 50 years	3	3.97%	0.00%	3	3.30%
Total	6	2.87%	0.00%	6	3.16%

Unplanned departures – total for ASSMANN

Age cohorts	Total number	Total share	Number of women	Fluctuation amongst women	Number of men	Fluctuation amongst men
< 30 years	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
< 50 years	7	4.02%	1	2.27%	6	4.62%
>= 50 years	7	3.89%	2	5.71%	5	3.45%
Total	14	3.32%	3	3.03%	11	3.41%

Hires

New hires – Administration

Age cohorts	Total number	Total share	Number of women	Female new hire rate	Number of men	Male new hire rate
< 30 years	13	30.95%	4	23.53%	9	36.00%
< 50 years	12	13.04%	7	18.42%	5	9.26%
>= 50 years	4	5.06%	1	4.00%	3	5.56%
Total	29	13.62%	12	15.00%	17	12.78%

New hires – Production

Age cohorts	Total number	Total share	Female new hire rate	Number of men	Male new hire rate
< 30 years	3	11.54%	0.00%	3	13.04%
< 50 years	5	6.10%	0.00%	5	6.58%
>= 50 years	4	3.96%	0.00%	4	4.40%
Total	12	5.74%	0.00%	12	6.32%

New hires – total for ASSMANN

Age cohorts	Total number	Total share	Number of women	Female new hire rate	Number of men	Male new hire rate
< 30 years	16	23.53%	4	20.00%	12	25.00%
< 50 years	17	9.77%	7	15.91%	10	7.69%
>= 50 years	8	4.44%	1	2.86%	7	4.83%
Total	41	9.72%	12	12.12%	29	8.98%

Parental leave

The total number of employees entitled to parental leave is not systematically determined.

Parental leave	2023		2022		2021		2020
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
Employees who took parental leave during the reporting period	3	8	4	13	4	9	3	7
Employees who returned to work following parental leave during the reporting period	2	7	2	11	0	8	0	6
Return rate (Proportion of employees who took parental leave during the reporting period and returned to work after it ended)	67%	88%	50%	85%	0%	89%	0%	86%
Employees who returned to work after parental leave ended and were still employed twelve months after their return to work	1	7	1	4	0	4	0	1
Retention rate (Proportion of employees who took parental leave in previous reporting periods and were still employed twelve months after returning to work)	33%	88%	25%	31%	0%	44%	0%	14%

Training courses: Total at ASSMANN

Total at ASSMANN	Total training courses	Proportion of women	Proportion of men
Total	413	28.10%	71.90%

Training courses: Administration

Administration	Total number	Number of women	Proportion of women	Number of men	Proportion of men
Internal training courses	157	74	47.1%	83	52.9%
External training courses	34	17	50.0%	17	50.0%
Total training courses	191

Training courses: Production

Production	Total number	Number of women	Proportion of women	Number of men	Proportion of men
Internal training courses	204	23	11.3%	181	88.7%
External training courses	18	2	11.1%	16	88.9%
Total training courses	222

Expenditure on training and education

Expenditure on training and education	Internal	2023 External	Internal	2022 External	Internal	2021 External	Internal	2020 External
Number of training courses held	29	31	27	15	43	16	16	27
Total duration of training courses held [h]	183.75	592.00	401.67	692.50	542.20	1,074.50	433.75	778.75
Training costs [€]	14,137.00	75,604.65	10,337.48	52,161.31	35,031.27	82,717.62	12,778.49	35,522.82
Number of participants	382	40	206	19	388	44	191	116

Employee accidents at work, absence rate and incapacity to work (Melle)

Employee accidents at work, absence rate and incapacity to work (Melle)	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Reportable accidents at work (excluding commuting accidents)	17 empl.	17 empl.	4 empl.	12 empl.	6 empl.
Sick leave rate	6.74%	6.95%	5.41%	5.02%	6.03%
Reportable accidents at work per 1 million working hours	27.2	27.7	6.7	20.7	16.1
Per 1,000 employees*	40.8	41.3	10.3	31.5	1.4
Incapacity to work	0	0	0	0	0
Deaths	0	0	0	0	0

* Rate per 1,000 employees: calculation methodology for lost time due to reportable accidents at work. The number of reportable workplace accidents is multiplied by 1,000 employees. The result is then divided by the number of full-time employees.
If work-related illnesses become known, including those resulting from previous activities, the workstations are adapted with the aid of the company doctor or, if necessary, a change of workstation within the company is made possible. No statistics on work-related illnesses are currently collected.
The occupational health and safety management system is structured in accordance with ISO 45001.