Employment conditions

Further developments of the employment conditions for executives and employees not subject to collective wage agreements are being made continuously. DB Groupʼs strategy is based on the remuneration policy and the structure of ancillary services.

Variable compensation will be consistent with the Top targets of teh Strong Rail strategy from 2020. It was previously geared toward the top objectives of the sustainable DB2020+ strategy.

To improve compatibility of work and private life, executives and employees not subject to collective wage agreements are able to negotiate a sabbatical of up to six months. We also support the provision of part-­time executive employment and interim management.

DB Group has launched the “Partial retirement for older employees and executives in DB Group” program. The purpose of the program is to reduce the individual workload and, simultaneously, maintain the employability of older executives until the statutory retirement age.

Social and fringe benefits

In addition to offering compensation that is fair and commensurate with performance, an attractive employer-­financed company pension scheme and support for private provision, DB Group also offers a wide range of social and fringe benefits. The five major social partners – BSW, Bahn-­Betriebskasse, Verband Deutscher Eisenbahner Sportvereine, DEVK-­Ver­siche­­rungen and Sparda-­Banken – offer benefits packages for our employees. In cooperation with BSW and AWO lifebalance, DB Group offers its employees various options for childcare. Up to 90 childcare places are available in the DB-­owned facility Bahnbini in Frankfurt am Main, and 192 places are available in childcare facilities not owned by DB Group. During the summer vacation, the children of employees are able to take part in DB RasselBAHNde program at various DB sites. Parents also receive support from AWO lifebalance in their search for childcare options, emergency and vacation care services, as well as with the placing of au pairs and day care staff. Through AWO lifebalance, we also offer our employees extensive support in caring for relatives.

Balancing of a career and private life

Germany (change of method starting in 2019: companies with 100% of domestic employees [previously about 98%]).

DB Group offers various part-­time models. This supports a better balance be­­­tween career and family.

Germany (change of method starting in 2019: companies with 100% of domestic employees [previously about 98%]).

The share of employees with permanent employment contracts in Germany remained very high at 95%.

Germany (companies with about 99% of domestic employees).

Measures against discrimination

DB Group is working hard to create a working environment without dis­crimination or harassment. Capable assistance for clarifying and processing conflict situations is available from the internal office of the ombudsman for all employees as well as HR staff, along with the rules in the Group Employer/Works Council Agreements (Konzernbetriebsvereinbarung; KBV), such as the KBV for equal treatment and protection against discrimination or the KBV for balancing work, family and background, as well as guidelines such as those of the Federal General Act on Equal Treatment (Allgemeines Gleichheitsbehandlungsgesetz), for operational integration management or compliance guidelines. The focus in all this is on non-­bureaucratic and in­­­dependent extrajudicial settlement of conflicts. The ombudsman also coordinates the internal pool of mediators, with over 170 mediators actively contributing. Actively engaging in conflicts and preventive efforts con­tribute to the further development of a constructive conflict culture, and so to a cooperative and positive corporate culture.