Consultants and employees
The well being of MLP consultants and employees is our most important asset. It is on their commitment and performance that the success and greatest potential of our company is built.
MLP “top employer”
For the second time, the magazine “Handelsblatt Junge Karriere” and the market research company CRI honoured MLP in the financial year 2008 as “top employer”. We see this as a neutral confirmation of our HR policy, whose objective is to generate a culture of performance and trust. Individual advancement, lifelong qualification and long-term loyalty of our employees remain key success factors here. Compared to the previous year, we have increased the number of average number of employees in the continuing operations by 9.2 % and employed a total of 1,986 staff members as at December 31, 2008.
In 2008, MLP introduced a participation programme for consultants and employees, as well as a multi-stage programme for junior staff. The MLP Corporate University, which ranks among the best corporate academies in Europe and has received the so-called CLIP accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development, has a central function in the Group. In the last financial year, a total of approximately 50,000 training days were held throughout the Group - another increase compared to the previous year.
In addition to this, MLP further strengthened its profile as a family- and child-friendly company. We consider occupational pension provision an important constituent of our comprehensive social contributions and ensure awareness among consultants and employees of the importance of personal health provision (please refer to the "Personnel and social report" for details on this).