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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
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/TRAINING AND ADVANCEMENT
In the 2015 fiscal year, over 750 young people embarked on
training at AUDI AG in one of our 21 vocations. As of the end of
the year under review, there were a total of 2,532 apprentices
and dual-system students in employment at AUDI AG. The
Company plans to increase the number of apprentices to more
than 2,700 by 2018. The future specialists will be deployed
mainly on the current model and technology initiative to sup-
port the Company’s course of growth. Through the “Mobile
Learning” concept launched in the 2015 fiscal year, we offer
our apprentices the opportunity to access course content at
any time, share knowledge online and study working tech-
niques either individually or as a team. We have introduced
tablet computers in all areas to serve as learning aids in 16
vocations.
The successful German model of “dual vocational training,”
which combines classes at a vocational college with in-company
training, is being introduced at other international locations
and systematically rolled out. So far, around 1,700 young
people have completed vocational training at our Hungarian
location Győr, for example – this model has been recognized
there as dual training since 2011. In Mexico, too, over 300 young
people are receiving instruction under the proven dual training
system, including 54 apprentices at our new Training Center in
San José Chiapa (Mexico). In Italy, 40 young people, who are
mostly from socially disadvantaged families, are completing
dual vocational training at the Lamborghini and Ducati brands
through the “Dual Education System Italy” (DESI) social project.
Alongside training, the further development of our employees’
areas of expertise is a very high priority. Our employees attend-
ed a large number of further training seminars over the past
fiscal year.
/HEALTH MANAGEMENT
The central aim of our occupational health management is to
maintain and promote the health of all employees. Our health
management work addresses a variety of topics ranging from
workplace design and providing advice on health-appropriate
working assignments to gradual reintegration after a lengthy
illness. Important links in the occupational health management
chain are our managers and the Health Care, Human Resources
and Industrial Safety departments, as well as the Works Council,
the representatives of disabled employees and social care
coordinators.
In the 2015 reporting year, the Company and Works Council
concluded a company agreement for the Ingolstadt and
Neckarsulm locations that, for the first time, covers all
measures and programs to protect and promote the health of
the Audi workforce. The agreement contains seven preventive
goals relating to the main factors that influence health. One
new feature is an integrated risk assessment now also for
indirect workplaces. In addition, the company agreement
raises the profile of mental health.
To sensitize the workforce to the importance of exercise, a
healthy diet and mental health, as well as increase the motiva-
tion to act, Audi offers Company-backed health activities and
fitness programs. Individual employees can attend a variety of
seminars and workshops, for example, to improve their per-
sonal health literacy.
One core element of our occupational health management is
the Audi Check-up, which has been available since 2006. The
aim of this individual preventive program is the prevention and
early detection of health risks. By the end of 2015, we had
carried out almost 80,000 check-ups in the health centers at
our various locations.
/JOB AND FAMILY
AUDI AG attaches particular importance to helping employees
achieve a good balance between work and family life. We give
parents additional flexibility at work by offering a wide range
of flexible working-hour models and various child care ar-
rangements under the “Audi Spielraum” program.
At the Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm locations, we offer our em-
ployees professional child care during the summer vacation
through the “Audi Summer Children” program. In Ingolstadt,
Audi has also teamed up with the city’s “Local Alliance for the
Family” to offer child care arrangements in the other school
vacations. For the Day of Repentance and Prayer, when schools in
Ingolstadt are closed, Audi organized care arrangements pro-
moted as “My Day at Audi” in 2015 for the second time. Em-
ployees in Neckarsulm can also make use of the child care
arrangements during the Easter, spring and fall breaks, as well
as during the main summer vacation. In the past fiscal year, over
700 children and young people attended the vacation programs
on offer in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm. In addition, AUDI AG
can provide flexible short-term care for employees’ children in
Ingolstadt.