The Munich-based carmaker BMW has decided in the Corona-crisis, a reduction of 6000 Jobs. Without a termination for operational reasons.

BMW has resumed after the week-long stop due to the corona virus*crisis, the production in may. However, utilization can be no question. Now 6000 jobs are to be deleted – without any operations-related notice. Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus* as well as the current case numbers in Germany, as a card*. Currently, the following recommendations to the Corona-protection measures* apply. All the information on there is also on our Facebook page Corona News.

Munich – The Bavarian BMW want now without any operation cancellations conditional 6000 jobs stress and, after week-long negotiations, agreed with the works Council on a package of measures. The Coronavirus-crisis hits the auto industry hard. While the production is running again in may, and the short-time working for around 34,000 employees in Germany largely offset, however, the demand in the signs of the Coronavirus pandemic* continue to hold back. The main BMW-sites in Germany were still in the One-shift operation, according to the Handelsblatt.

The job cuts will be through attrition and voluntary agreements, informed BMW on Friday in Munich. The training will be continued at the high level of the previous year.

BMW in the Corona-crisis: the termination package with severance pay

“pension close-to-age dropouts” could be preferred with severance payments, it said. 40-hours contracts would be reduced to 38 hours. A part of the staff could do without in the Corona-crisis on a collective extra money and up to eight additional vacation days. In addition, BMW , young people under 25 years of age in the case of external, full-time qualification such as a degree, financially and guaranteed a return to work after the completion. the BMW HR Manager Ilka Horst Meier language of a package, “this will help us in the short term, to improve the company results, but in the long term, the innovation force”.

Unchanged BMW am going to invest in the training and in this and in the following year to 1200 trainees in Germany alone set. “Also the Takeover for the apprentices in the factories and the Headquarters after completion of the vocational education and training shall continue to apply.”

Coronavirus-crisis: BMW expects red Figures – a guarantee for employees, subject to conditions

The car sales broke because of the Corona-disease and recession . And the prospects are bleak. According to Handelsblatt, the sales in Germany to just run slow. In France, Italy and the UK, the demand is negligible. BMW expects in the current quarter* with red . An operating agreement is guaranteed to every employee his or her job – but only as long as the BMW has a profit for the year. The group currently employs about 126,000 employees. Usually about 5000 leave a year, the car group, half of which goes to pension. A Succession of Points to be checked in each individual case. In the recession fewer employees switch to other companies, than in normal times.

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