Bankers have managed to slash personnel costs without operating
physical layoffs, in the context where a rising number of female
employees are going on maternity leave, with indemnities paid by
the state. Unlike in previous years, only part of the vacant
positions are covered.
A number of 47,000 women work in banks, namely 70% of the total
number of employees in this field. In the case of Raiffeisen Bank,
for instance, 354 female employees went on maternity leave in the
first nine months of the year, namely 5.34% of the total headcount.
“(…) The number of maternity leaves has doubled against previous
years and the increase is obvious after January 2009, once the
legislation changed,” says Irina Kubinschi, HR Director with
Raiffeisen Bank.
“(…) We’ve seen a wave of maternity leaves, meaning part of the
personnel has been temporarily reduced. For the company, this is a
good thing, but I don’t know if it is for the state, as well,”
reckons the manager of a top ten bank.
Bank employees bound to become parents are also the employees with
the highest attendance of prenatal and postnatal classes.
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How bankers managed to restructure on the back of the state
Bankers have managed to slash personnel costs without operating physical layoffs, in the context where a rising number of female employees are going on maternity leave, with indemnities paid by the state. Unlike in previous years, only part of the vacant positions are covered.
