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14 June, 2006
ICEM German affiliate IGBCE and the country’s chemical employers’ federation, BAVC, announced in Berlin today, 12 June, a joint declaration toward implementing family-friendly policies in the workplace. The agreement is the first of its kind in any sector in Germany.
The initiative serves as the pioneering effort toward achieving the necessary balance between work and family life. “This is a significant step to better compatibility between occupation and family duties,” said IGBCE’s Edeltraud Glaenzer. She added that the basic principles contained in the position paper will now need to be put in practice in chemical industry worksites.
German Family Affairs Secretary Ursula von der Leyen, who was present for the signing, stated, “For the trade union and employers’ organisation to declare this family-friendly personnel policy, is a decisive prerequisite for a better balance between work and family life.”