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6. EMPLOYER ATTRACTIVENESS

[GRI 103 ] The headquarters of the RAFI Group in Berg is situated in the flourishing business region of Upper
Swabia. Here, we are confronted with strong competition for the best qualified staff. We also need to develop
awareness of RAFI and our reputation as an attractive employer at our other locations. Our management is striving
to achieve above-average employer attractiveness in order to engender employee loyalty and safeguard the
high quality of our workforce over the long term. In addition to the numerous ways in which we make daily
work easier, we ensure a family-friendly work environment and show appreciation for the voluntary activities of
our employees. We actively promote work-life balance and offer numerous benefits and prevention programs
for promoting work safety as well as the health and well-being of our employees. At the headquarters in
Berg, we operate a comprehensive occupational health management system. We aim to extend this system
in stages to our other facilities in the future.

6.1 Employment models and fringe benefits
[GRI 401-2 ] RAFI Berg offers its employees an at-
tractive package of fringe benefits, bonuses, and dis- bonuses are determined in annual performance re-
counts that go beyond the collective agreement. We views. Our company pays vacation and Christmas
create the framework for high employee satisfaction bonuses as well as an annual profit-sharing bonus
through a wide range of benefits: flexible working based on the company’s results for the previous
time models, a variety of time bank options, sabbati- fiscal year. We also offer our employees many oth-
cals, a company-sponsored pension plan, partial re- er bonuses and fringe benefits, such as subsidies
tirement models, and allowances for local transport, for local public transport, cafeteria meals, child-
cafeteria meals, childcare, organization of excursions care, and special childcare provided during school
and events, and support for volunteer work. Fringe and daycare center holidays. At our foreign loca-
benefits at the individual RAFI Group locations are tions, we pay above-average salaries and encour-
calculated to reflect the standards in the specific age a feeling of community as defined in our ONE
country and the business importance of the subsid- RAFI initiative. Throughout the group, we subsi-
iaries. However, employee safety and high satisfac- dize works canteens with an average amount of
tion are primary concerns at all our locations. We do €5.40 per meal. This is how we ensure our em-
everything we can to match working conditions ev- ployees can choose from a fresh and varied range
erywhere to the standards at our headquarters. of food and beverages. And over 25% of the dish-
es are classed as organically farmed vegetarian or
6.1.1 Remuneration, allowances, and bonuses vegan food. Additionally, RAFI promotes company
[GRI 102-41, 407 ] RAFI GmbH & Co. KG in Berg and private pension insurance for our employees.
is bound by collective agreements and recognizes At our headquarters we have implemented a
the regional collective agreements of the metal three-pillar model for income in retirement, which
and electrical industry. [GRI 404-3 ] In addition to received the German bAV Prize in 2016. At all our
attractive basic salaries, individual performance locations we also facilitate individual contributions