Employing successful members of staff on a long-term basis is one of the ten key points of our Group Strategy. In order to ensure that we are always perceived as an attractive employer by our existing staff and potential new junior recruits, we pay special attention to their skills and further growth. The health and well-being of our staff are also vital to the sustainable development of our business. The focus of our efforts is therefore on the prevention of disease, e. g. through medical checkups by the company physician, workplace inspections, advice and treatment relating to matters of general medicine as well as a range of sporting opportunities designed to promote a healthy lifestyle.

We also stress the importance of enabling our employees to strike the right balance between their career and private life. Consequently, we offer individually customisable part-time and telecommuting models as well as flexitime working arrangements with no core hours. By offering such flexibility we want to help our employees organise their daily routine in various stages of life such as starting a family or preparing for retirement, e. g. through partial retirement opportunities for older staff. One of the cornerstones of our successful business activities, along with skills and commitment, is the high degree of diversity in our workforce – since this is vital to safeguarding our high global quality standard. The workforce at Hannover Home Office alone is comprised of 39 different nations, reflecting the international dimension of our business activities. Fostering this diversity is similarly enshrined in our Sustainability Strategy.