Total number of employees
| XLS |
Total number of employees |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
|
2020 |
Total number of employees |
|
52,941 |
|
51,749 |
|
57,071 |
|
58,127 |
|
8,578 |
Men |
|
30,083 |
|
29,006 |
|
32,531 |
|
33,204 |
|
5,814 |
Women |
|
22,858 |
|
22,743 |
|
24,540 |
|
24,923 |
|
2,764 |
Number of employees by hierarchical level
| XLS |
Number of employees by hierarchical level |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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As of Dec. 31 |
|
20171 |
|
20181 |
|
20192 |
|
2020 |
|
2020 |
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Total employees |
|
52,941 |
|
51,749 |
|
57,071 |
|
58,127 |
|
8,578 |
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Senior management (Role 6+) |
|
197 |
|
193 |
|
190 |
|
193 |
|
68 |
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Middle management (Role 4 & 5) |
|
2,927 |
|
3,095 |
|
3,352 |
|
3,637 |
|
773 |
||||||
Low management (Role 3) |
|
8,904 |
|
9,019 |
|
9,499 |
|
10,286 |
|
2,024 |
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Other employees (below Role 3) |
|
40,913 |
|
39,442 |
|
44,030 |
|
44,011 |
|
5,713 |
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% of women (total) |
|
43 |
|
44 |
|
43 |
|
43 |
|
32 |
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thereof in senior management (Role 6+) |
|
30 |
|
36 |
|
39 |
|
42 |
|
15 |
||||||
thereof in middle management (Role 4 & 5) |
|
917 |
|
1,025 |
|
1,146 |
|
1,284 |
|
228 |
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thereof in low management (Role 3) |
|
3,714 |
|
3,795 |
|
4,029 |
|
4,352 |
|
703 |
||||||
thereof other employees (below Role 3) |
|
18,197 |
|
17,888 |
|
19,326 |
|
19,245 |
|
1,818 |
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% of men (total) |
|
57 |
|
56 |
|
57 |
|
57 |
|
68 |
||||||
thereof in senior management (Role 6+) |
|
167 |
|
157 |
|
151 |
|
151 |
|
53 |
||||||
thereof in middle management (Role 4 & 5) |
|
2,010 |
|
2,070 |
|
2,206 |
|
2,353 |
|
545 |
||||||
thereof in low management (Role 3) |
|
5,190 |
|
5,224 |
|
5,470 |
|
5,934 |
|
1,321 |
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thereof other employees (below Role 3) |
|
22,716 |
|
21,554 |
|
24,704 |
|
24,766 |
|
3,895 |
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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by age group |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
14 |
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thereof in senior management (Role 6+) |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
||||||
thereof in middle management (Role 4 & 5) |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
||||||
thereof in low management (Role 3) |
|
194 |
|
211 |
|
190 |
|
199 |
|
64 |
||||||
thereof other employees (below Role 3) |
|
7,479 |
|
7,279 |
|
8,362 |
|
8,365 |
|
1,096 |
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30 to 49 years old (%) |
|
62 |
|
61 |
|
60 |
|
60 |
|
52 |
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thereof in senior management (Role 6+) |
|
72 |
|
69 |
|
69 |
|
68 |
|
29 |
||||||
thereof in middle management (Role 4 & 5) |
|
1,782 |
|
1,829 |
|
1,933 |
|
2,032 |
|
460 |
||||||
thereof in low management (Role 3) |
|
6,308 |
|
6,206 |
|
6,516 |
|
6,926 |
|
1,280 |
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thereof other employees (below Role 3) |
|
24,733 |
|
23,536 |
|
25,859 |
|
25,948 |
|
2,689 |
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50 years or older (%) |
|
23 |
|
24 |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
34 |
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thereof in senior management (Role 6+) |
|
125 |
|
124 |
|
121 |
|
125 |
|
39 |
||||||
thereof in middle management (Role 4 & 5) |
|
1,142 |
|
1,261 |
|
1,411 |
|
1,599 |
|
312 |
||||||
thereof in low management (Role 3) |
|
2,402 |
|
2,602 |
|
2,793 |
|
3,161 |
|
680 |
||||||
thereof other employees (below Role 3) |
|
8,701 |
|
8,627 |
|
9,809 |
|
9,698 |
|
1,928 |
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|
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Average number of employees by functional area
| XLS |
Average number of employees by functional area1 |
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|
|
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|
|
2017 |
|
20182 |
|
20193 |
|
20204 |
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Group |
|
52,053 |
|
53,809 |
|
53,645 |
|
57,612 |
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thereof women |
|
22,353 |
|
23,388 |
|
23,503 |
|
24,746 |
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Production |
|
15,571 |
|
16,240 |
|
16,455 |
|
17,624 |
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thereof women |
|
5,059 |
|
5,359 |
|
5,529 |
|
6,043 |
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Logistics/Supply Chain |
|
3,729 |
|
4,014 |
|
4,109 |
|
4,298 |
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thereof women |
|
1,442 |
|
1,569 |
|
1,626 |
|
1,734 |
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Marketing and Sales/Commercials |
|
15,115 |
|
15,479 |
|
13,970 |
|
14,127 |
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thereof women |
|
6,609 |
|
6,981 |
|
6,608 |
|
6,787 |
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Administration |
|
9,286 |
|
9,864 |
|
10,342 |
|
11,342 |
||||||||||
thereof women |
|
4,798 |
|
5,067 |
|
5,194 |
|
5,499 |
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Research and Development |
|
6,789 |
|
7,245 |
|
7,561 |
|
7,504 |
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thereof women |
|
3,591 |
|
3,871 |
|
4,053 |
|
3,996 |
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Infrastructure and Other |
|
1,564 |
|
966 |
|
1,208 |
|
2,717 |
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thereof women |
|
854 |
|
541 |
|
493 |
|
687 |
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|
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Number of employees by region
| XLS |
Number of employees by region |
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|
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|
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As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
|
2020 |
||||
Total |
|
52,941 |
|
51,749 |
|
57,071 |
|
58,127 |
|
8,578 |
||||
Europe |
|
25,980 |
|
25,792 |
|
26,715 |
|
26,587 |
|
8,578 |
||||
Women |
|
11,627 |
|
11,464 |
|
11,909 |
|
11,743 |
|
2,764 |
||||
Women (%) |
|
45 |
|
44 |
|
45 |
|
44 |
|
32 |
||||
Number of employees with temporary contracts |
|
1,279 |
|
1,209 |
|
1,137 |
|
1,105 |
|
285 |
||||
% of employees with temporary contracts |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
||||
North America |
|
10,520 |
|
10,978 |
|
12,829 |
|
13,312 |
|
0 |
||||
Women |
|
4,518 |
|
4,742 |
|
5,285 |
|
5,527 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Women (%) |
|
43 |
|
43 |
|
41 |
|
42 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Number of employees with temporary contracts |
|
138 |
|
148 |
|
158¹ |
|
139 |
|
not applicable |
||||
% of employees with temporary contracts |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1¹ |
|
1 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Asia-Pacific (APAC) |
|
11,294 |
|
10,486 |
|
12,728 |
|
13,518 |
|
0 |
||||
Women |
|
4,298 |
|
4,348 |
|
5,049 |
|
5,425 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Women (%) |
|
38 |
|
41 |
|
40 |
|
40 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Number of employees with temporary contracts |
|
2,603 |
|
2,846 |
|
3,263¹ |
|
3,362 |
|
not applicable |
||||
% of employees with temporary contracts |
|
23 |
|
27 |
|
26¹ |
|
25 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Latin America |
|
4,050 |
|
3,340 |
|
3,433 |
|
3,387 |
|
0 |
||||
Women |
|
1,896 |
|
1,648 |
|
1,690 |
|
1,630 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Women (%) |
|
47 |
|
49 |
|
49 |
|
48 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Number of employees with temporary contracts |
|
40 |
|
62 |
|
55 |
|
67 |
|
not applicable |
||||
% of employees with temporary contracts |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Middle East and Africa (MEA) |
|
1,097 |
|
1,153 |
|
1,366 |
|
1,323 |
|
0 |
||||
Women |
|
519 |
|
541 |
|
607 |
|
598 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Women (%) |
|
47 |
|
47 |
|
44 |
|
45 |
|
not applicable |
||||
Number of employees with temporary contracts |
|
172 |
|
189 |
|
182 |
|
420 |
|
not applicable |
||||
% of employees with temporary contracts |
|
16 |
|
16 |
|
13 |
|
32 |
|
not applicable |
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|
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Employees by business sector
| XLS |
Employees by business sector |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
Healthcare employees |
|
19,795 |
|
17,456 |
|
18,136 |
|
17,463 |
thereof women |
|
9,656 |
|
8,884 |
|
9,232 |
|
8,788 |
thereof women (%) |
|
49 |
|
51 |
|
51 |
|
50 |
Life Science employees |
|
19,607 |
|
20,667 |
|
21,934 |
|
23,196 |
thereof women |
|
8,276 |
|
8,837 |
|
9,487 |
|
10,175 |
thereof women (%) |
|
42 |
|
43 |
|
43 |
|
44 |
Performance Materials employees |
|
5,529 |
|
5,278 |
|
7,329 |
|
7,228 |
thereof women |
|
1,455 |
|
1,411 |
|
1,712 |
|
1,666 |
thereof women (%) |
|
26 |
|
27 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
Employees by contract type
| XLS |
Employees by contract type |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
||||
Total employees |
|
52,941 |
|
51,749 |
|
57,071 |
|
58,127 |
||||
Number of employees with permanent contracts |
|
48,709 |
|
47,295 |
|
52,276¹ |
|
53,034 |
||||
% of employees with permanent contracts |
|
92 |
|
91 |
|
92¹ |
|
91 |
||||
thereof women |
|
20,741 |
|
20,545 |
|
22,237¹ |
|
22,500 |
||||
thereof women (%) |
|
43 |
|
43 |
|
43¹ |
|
42 |
||||
Number of employees with temporary contracts |
|
4,232 |
|
4,454 |
|
4,795¹ |
|
5,093 |
||||
% of employees with temporary contracts |
|
8 |
|
9 |
|
8¹ |
|
9 |
||||
thereof women |
|
2,117 |
|
2,198 |
|
2,303¹ |
|
2,423 |
||||
thereof women (%) |
|
50 |
|
49 |
|
48¹ |
|
48 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
full-time employees |
|
50,498 |
|
49,273 |
|
54,265 |
|
55,220 |
||||
% full-time |
|
95 |
|
95 |
|
95 |
|
95 |
||||
thereof women |
|
20,677 |
|
20,577 |
|
22,208 |
|
22,572 |
||||
thereof women (%) |
|
41 |
|
42 |
|
41 |
|
41 |
||||
part-time employees |
|
2,443 |
|
2,476 |
|
2,806 |
|
2,907 |
||||
% part-time |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
||||
thereof women |
|
2,181 |
|
2,166 |
|
2,332 |
|
2,351 |
||||
thereof women (%) |
|
89 |
|
87 |
|
83 |
|
81 |
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|
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New employees
| XLS |
New employees |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
20191 |
|
2020 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Total number of new employee hires |
|
7,285 |
|
7,129 |
|
7,924 |
|
6,669 |
|
500 |
||||||||
by age group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
up to 29 years old |
|
2,940 |
|
2,967 |
|
3,432 |
|
2,889 |
|
259 |
||||||||
30 to 49 years old |
|
3,848 |
|
3,728 |
|
4,055 |
|
3,347 |
|
223 |
||||||||
50 or older |
|
497 |
|
434 |
|
437 |
|
433 |
|
18 |
||||||||
by gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Women |
|
3,412 |
|
3,401 |
|
3,622 |
|
3,016 |
|
186 |
||||||||
Men |
|
3,873 |
|
3,728 |
|
4,302 |
|
3,653 |
|
314 |
||||||||
by region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Europe |
|
3,058 |
|
2,560 |
|
2,529 |
|
2,160 |
|
500 |
||||||||
North America |
|
1,603 |
|
1,524 |
|
1,733 |
|
1,789 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||
Asia-Pacific (APAC) |
|
1,955 |
|
2,222 |
|
2,729 |
|
2,206 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||
Latin America |
|
497 |
|
583 |
|
578 |
|
396 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||
Middle East and Africa (MEA) |
|
172 |
|
240 |
|
355 |
|
118 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Rate of new employee hires2 (%) |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
11 |
|
6 |
||||||||
by age group3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
up to 29 years old |
|
40 |
|
42 |
|
43 |
|
43 |
|
52 |
||||||||
30 to 49 years old |
|
53 |
|
52 |
|
51 |
|
50 |
|
45 |
||||||||
50 or older |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
7 |
|
3 |
||||||||
by gender3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Women |
|
47 |
|
48 |
|
46 |
|
45 |
|
37 |
||||||||
Men |
|
53 |
|
52 |
|
54 |
|
55 |
|
63 |
||||||||
by region3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Europe |
|
42 |
|
36 |
|
32 |
|
32 |
|
100 |
||||||||
North America |
|
22 |
|
21 |
|
22 |
|
27 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||
Asia-Pacific (APAC) |
|
27 |
|
31 |
|
34 |
|
33 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||
Latin America |
|
7 |
|
8 |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||
Middle East and Africa (MEA) |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||
|
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Staff turnover
| XLS |
Staff turnover1,2 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
2017 |
|
20183 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
|
2020 |
||||||||||
Total turnover rate |
|
9.05 |
|
9.09 |
|
9.07 |
|
8.22 |
|
3.30 |
||||||||||
Turnover rate by gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Men |
|
8.75 |
|
9.03 |
|
8.69 |
|
8.22 |
|
3.30 |
||||||||||
Women |
|
9.46 |
|
9.18 |
|
9.54 |
|
8.22 |
|
3.29 |
||||||||||
Turnover rate by age group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Up to 29 years old |
|
13.66 |
|
14.24 |
|
13.13 |
|
11.30 |
|
3.35 |
||||||||||
30 to 49 years old |
|
8.38 |
|
8.53 |
|
8.90 |
|
7.74 |
|
2.50 |
||||||||||
50 or older |
|
7.87 |
|
7.39 |
|
7.03 |
|
7.52 |
|
4.48 |
||||||||||
Turnover rate by region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Europe |
|
6.22 |
|
5.73 |
|
5.72 |
|
5.64 |
|
3.30 |
||||||||||
North America |
|
11.02 |
|
9.90 |
|
11.02 |
|
9.79 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||||
Asia-Pacific (APAC) |
|
12.53 |
|
14.51 |
|
13.18 |
|
10.60 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||||
Latin America |
|
13.74 |
|
15.41 |
|
13.47 |
|
11.40 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||||
Middle East and Africa (MEA) |
|
11.22 |
|
9.77 |
|
12.14 |
|
11.80 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total number of leavers |
|
4,710 |
|
4,613 |
|
4,863 |
|
4,721 |
|
281 |
||||||||||
by gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Men |
|
2,596 |
|
2,578 |
|
2,621 |
|
2,697 |
|
191 |
||||||||||
Women |
|
2,114 |
|
2,035 |
|
2,242 |
|
2,024 |
|
90 |
||||||||||
by age group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Up to 29 years old |
|
1,058 |
|
1,061 |
|
1,042 |
|
974 |
|
40 |
||||||||||
30 to 49 years old |
|
2,713 |
|
2,649 |
|
2,898 |
|
2,677 |
|
110 |
||||||||||
50 or older |
|
939 |
|
903 |
|
923 |
|
1,070 |
|
131 |
||||||||||
by region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Europe |
|
1,488 |
|
1,457 |
|
1,500 |
|
1,490 |
|
281 |
||||||||||
North America |
|
1,143 |
|
1,064 |
|
1,264 |
|
1,281 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||||
Asia-Pacific (APAC) |
|
1,387 |
|
1,468 |
|
1,484 |
|
1,394 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||||
Latin America |
|
570 |
|
522 |
|
459 |
|
398 |
|
not applicable |
||||||||||
Middle East and Africa (MEA) |
|
122 |
|
102 |
|
156 |
|
158 |
|
not applicable |
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|
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In 2020, the average length of service for employees Group-wide was 9.6 years (2019: 9.5 years), with 16.2 years (2019: 16.3 years) for Merck KGaA employees.
Work-related accidents
| XLS |
Work-related accidents1 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR = workplace accidents resulting in missed days of work per one million man-hours) |
|
1.5 |
|
1.2 |
|
1.6³ |
|
1.3 |
|
2.9 |
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by region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Europe |
|
2.4 |
|
1.8 |
|
2.6³ |
|
2.4 |
|
2.9 |
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North America |
|
1.0 |
|
1.1 |
|
1.0³ |
|
0.7 |
|
not applicable |
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Asia-Pacific (APAC) |
|
0.3 |
|
0.3 |
|
0.2 |
|
0.1 |
|
not applicable |
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Latin America |
|
1.3 |
|
1.5 |
|
1.7 |
|
0.9 |
|
not applicable |
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Middle East and Africa (MEA) |
|
0.0 |
|
0.7 |
|
0.0 |
|
0.4 |
|
not applicable |
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Number of deaths |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
||||||||
by region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Europe |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
||||||||
North America |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
||||||||
Asia-Pacific (APAC) |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
||||||||
Latin America |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
||||||||
Middle East and Africa (MEA) |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
||||||||
by gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Women |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
||||||||
Men |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Both Merck employees as well as supervised workers have been included in the calculation of these indicators.
Through the LTIR, we record work-related accidents that involve at least one day of missed work. A work-related accident is an injury that results from the type of work, in the course of doing said work, and that has no internal cause. Work-related accidents are considered relevant if they occur on the premises, on business trips, during goods transport, as a result of external influences (e.g. natural disasters), or due to criminal acts involving personal injury. Commuting accidents and accidents during company sporting activities are not included. First-aid incidents are generally not included in the LTIR since these usually do not result in more than one day of missed work.
We aimed to sustainably lower our LTIR to 1.5 by 2020. In the reporting year, we succeeded in outperforming this ambitious figure, which we achieved for the first time in 2015.
The LTIR is the key occupational safety indicator for the Merck Group as a whole. Therefore, we do not publish any other indicators such as workplace accidents, lost days or days of absence. The LTIR is not broken down by gender as this differentiation is not relevant to our strategic planning.
For Merck KGaA (about 15% of the employees of the Merck Group), we only report work-related illnesses if these have been certified as an occupational illness by the employers’ liability insurance association. In 2020, no cases of work-induced illness were verified.
Employees who regularly receive a performance and development evaluation
| XLS |
Employees who regularly receive a performance and development evaluation |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
20171 |
|
20181,2 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
|
2020 |
||||||
% of employees who receive a performance and development evaluation |
|
97 |
|
98 |
|
98 |
|
98 |
|
100 |
||||||
by gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Women |
|
97 |
|
99 |
|
98 |
|
98 |
|
100 |
||||||
Men |
|
97 |
|
98 |
|
98 |
|
98 |
|
100 |
||||||
by employee category |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Senior management (Role 6+) |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
||||||
Middle management (Role 4 & 5) |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
||||||
Low management (Role 3) |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
||||||
Other employees (below Role 3) |
|
96 |
|
98 |
|
98 |
|
98 |
|
100 |
||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Regular feedback and employee performance evaluations are essential to fairly ranking individual performance and to helping all employees follow their own career path at Merck. Our globally uniform Performance and Talent Management Process requires annual feedback meetings and performance assessments. Apart from evaluating employee performance, this helps us to identify individual development opportunities.
In Germany, all permanent employees have been participating in the Performance and Talent Management Process since 2013. In 2020, a total of 56,922 employees worldwide were involved in the process. The Performance and Talent Management Process is coordinated via our online platform HR4You.
Internationality of employees
| XLS |
Internationality of employees |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
As of Dec. 31 |
|
20171 |
|
20181 |
|
20192 |
|
2020 |
|
2020 |
||||||
Number of nationalities |
|
131 |
|
136 |
|
139 |
|
141 |
|
87 |
||||||
Number of nationalities in management positions (Role 4 or above) |
|
65 |
|
70 |
|
73 |
|
75 |
|
35 |
||||||
% of non-Germans in management positions (Role 4 or above) |
|
64 |
|
64 |
|
64 |
|
66 |
|
11 |
||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Employee age by region
| XLS |
Employee age by region |
||||||||||||||
As of Dec. 31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of employees |
|
Worldwide |
|
North America |
|
Europe |
|
Merck KGaA |
|
Asia-Pacific (APAC) |
|
Latin America |
|
Middle East and Africa (MEA) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Up to 29 years old |
|
8,560 |
|
1,829 |
|
3,282 |
|
1,208 |
|
2,713 |
|
498 |
|
238 |
thereof women |
|
3,983 |
|
773 |
|
1,595 |
|
440 |
|
1,225 |
|
289 |
|
101 |
30 to 49 years old |
|
34,377 |
|
6,441 |
|
15,540 |
|
4,355 |
|
9,067 |
|
2,373 |
|
956 |
thereof women |
|
15,076 |
|
2,733 |
|
7,191 |
|
1,465 |
|
3,531 |
|
1,200 |
|
421 |
50 or older |
|
14,134 |
|
4,559 |
|
7,893 |
|
2,911 |
|
948 |
|
562 |
|
172 |
thereof women |
|
5,481 |
|
1,779 |
|
3,123 |
|
814 |
|
293 |
|
201 |
|
85 |
Average age |
|
41.7 |
|
44.4 |
|
43.0 |
|
43.4 |
|
36.8 |
|
40.3 |
|
38.6 |
Total employees |
|
57,071 |
|
12,829 |
|
26,715 |
|
8,474 |
|
12,728 |
|
3,433 |
|
1,366 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Up to 29 years old |
|
8,570 |
|
1,906 |
|
3,193 |
|
1,161 |
|
2,800 |
|
472 |
|
199 |
thereof women |
|
4,018 |
|
825 |
|
1,525 |
|
420 |
|
1,307 |
|
260 |
|
101 |
30 to 49 years old |
|
34,974 |
|
6,615 |
|
15,416 |
|
4,458 |
|
9,669 |
|
2,323 |
|
951 |
thereof women |
|
15,268 |
|
2,841 |
|
7,076 |
|
1,505 |
|
3,776 |
|
1,161 |
|
414 |
50 or older |
|
14,583 |
|
4,791 |
|
7,978 |
|
2,959 |
|
1,049 |
|
592 |
|
173 |
thereof women |
|
5,637 |
|
1,861 |
|
3,142 |
|
839 |
|
342 |
|
209 |
|
83 |
Average age |
|
41.7 |
|
44.4 |
|
43.1 |
|
43.4 |
|
37.0 |
|
40.7 |
|
39.1 |
Total employees |
|
58,127 |
|
13,312 |
|
26,587 |
|
8,578 |
|
13,518 |
|
3,387 |
|
1,323 |
Age of youngest employee
| XLS |
Age of youngest employee |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
Age of youngest employee, excluding apprentices |
|
18 |
|
17 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
Voluntary insurance benefits
| XLS |
Voluntary insurance benefits (voluntarily introduced and (co-) financed) |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
20191 |
|
2020 |
|
2020 |
||||||||||||
% of employees with healthcare benefits2 |
|
68 |
|
67 |
|
68 |
|
63 |
|
0 |
||||||||||||
% of employees with Group accident insurance3 |
|
42 |
|
39 |
|
36 |
|
41 |
|
4 |
||||||||||||
% of employees with life insurance4 |
|
58 |
|
58 |
|
58 |
|
56 |
|
0 |
||||||||||||
% of employees with disability insurance (short-term and long-term)5 |
|
35 |
|
37 |
|
39 |
|
39 |
|
0 |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
All our employees are covered by either statutory or voluntary accident and health insurance. Employees of Merck KGaA are covered by statutory insurance as stipulated by the regulations in force in Germany.
We offer a company pension in numerous countries along with various programs for supplemental company pensions and survivor’s benefits.
The global benefits listed in the table above are designed to provide additional security to our workforce and their families and to improve their quality of life. Benefits represent voluntarily employer-initiated as well as employer-financed assistance to our workforce in addition to the regular compensation package.
Our benefits offer meaningful choices, where possible, to support a diverse workforce and are sensitive to the needs and customs of the employees who use them, regardless of country, age, family status, interests, or values.
Long-term pension obligations and post-employment benefits
| XLS |
Long-term pension obligations and post-employment benefits |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
€ million |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
Present value of all defined benefit obligations as of Dec. 31 |
|
4,707 |
|
4,719 |
|
5,644 |
|
6,352 |
Pension expenses |
|
304 |
|
319 |
|
357 |
|
408 |
Depending on the legal, economic and fiscal circumstances prevailing in each country, different retirement benefit systems are provided for the employees of the Merck Group. Generally, these systems are based on the years of service and salaries of the employees. Pension obligations of the Merck Group include both defined benefit and defined contribution plans and comprise both obligations from current pensions and accrued benefits for pensions payable in the future. In the Merck Group, defined benefit plans are funded and unfunded (see our Annual Report 2020, Note on Provisions for pensions and other post-employment benefits).
Flexible working hours in Germany
| XLS |
Flexible working hours in Germany |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
% of employees utilizing the “mywork@Merck” working model |
|
40 |
|
42 |
|
43 |
|
48 |
In coordination with their teams and supervisors, employees taking advantage of “mywork@merck” can choose when and where they work.
For more information on flexible working models during Covid-19, see Work-life balance chapter.
Parental leave
| XLS |
Parental leave1 |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Number of employees with a right to parental leave |
|
353 |
|
308 |
|
375 |
|
351 |
||||||||
thereof women (recorded via maternity leave in the respective year) |
|
151 |
|
188 |
|
239 |
|
225 |
||||||||
thereof men (recorded via special paternity leave in the respective year) |
|
202 |
|
120 |
|
136 |
|
126 |
||||||||
Number of employees who took parental leave2 |
|
352 |
|
500 |
|
542 |
|
538 |
||||||||
thereof women |
|
150 |
|
240 |
|
248 |
|
265 |
||||||||
thereof men |
|
202 |
|
260 |
|
294 |
|
273 |
||||||||
Number of employees on parental leave who worked part time during their leave |
|
49 |
|
128 |
|
164 |
|
104 |
||||||||
thereof women |
|
47 |
|
109 |
|
140 |
|
73 |
||||||||
thereof men |
|
2 |
|
19 |
|
24 |
|
31 |
||||||||
Number of employees who returned from parental leave2 |
|
312 |
|
312 |
|
536 |
|
529 |
||||||||
thereof women |
|
143 |
|
65 |
|
243 |
|
252 |
||||||||
thereof men |
|
169 |
|
247 |
|
293 |
|
277 |
||||||||
Return to work rate (%) |
|
88.6 |
|
62.4 |
|
98.9 |
|
98.3 |
||||||||
thereof women |
|
95.3 |
|
27.1 |
|
98.0 |
|
95.1 |
||||||||
thereof men |
|
83.7 |
|
95.0 |
|
99.7 |
|
101.5 |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Number of employees still working for Merck one year after their return from parental leave |
|
238 |
|
268 |
|
496 |
|
-3 |
||||||||
thereof women |
|
89 |
|
26 |
|
218 |
|
-3 |
||||||||
thereof men |
|
149 |
|
242 |
|
278 |
|
-3 |
||||||||
Retention rate (%) |
|
89.8 |
|
93.1 |
|
92,5 |
|
-3 |
||||||||
thereof women |
|
85.6 |
|
63.4 |
|
89,7 |
|
-3 |
||||||||
thereof men |
|
92.5 |
|
97.9 |
|
94,9 |
|
-3 |
||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Employees with disabilities
| XLS |
Employees with disabilities1 (%) |
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
||||
Employees with disabilities |
|
4.3 |
|
4.3 |
|
4.4 |
|
4.7 |
||||
|
||||||||||||
Apprentices in Germany
| XLS |
Apprentices in Germany |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Dec. 31 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
Number of apprentices |
|
588 |
|
604 |
|
589 |
|
607 |
% of apprentices |
|
4.4 |
|
4.5 |
|
4.3 |
|
4.6 |