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Factsheet for measure DE-2020-49/1583 – Updated – measures in Germany
Country | Germany , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 01 December 2020 – 31 December 2020 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Company practices |
Category |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery
– Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Author | Birgit Kraemer (Hans Boeckler Foundation) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 09 December 2020 (updated 21 January 2022) |
Automobile company Daimler has compensated employees for the additional strains created by measures implemented to slow down infections with COVID-19 in Germany. Daimler's HR management recognised that wearing face masks at work as well as working from home for longer periods of time constitute physical and mental hard ship for employees. The company works council confirmed that employees had to work under more difficult conditions in 2020 compared to the years before. Daimler management therefore decided to compensate employees with a bonus payment to be paid at the end of the year.
Daimler employees benefit from a one-time bonus payment (Corona-Prämie) to be paid at the end of the year. The bonus recognises employees' efforts and their difficult working conditions in 2020, and aims to cushion financial and personal hard ship suffered during the corona pandemic. The bonus amounts to €1000, with no variation according to salary levels. The total number of workers receiving the bonus exceeds 160,000 employees. Only standard employees are covered by the measure. The bonus will be paid together with the salary for the month of December and is not subject to tax deductions or social insurance deductions.
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
15 December 2021 |
Daimler management and the work council have agreed on a profit sharing premium for 2021 covering all employees working under the collective agreement. The premium is announced to be paid with the February 2022 salary. It can be up to €6,000 per employee. Up to 125,000 employees can profit from the measure. |
31 December 2020 |
This temporary measure expired on 31 December 2020. |
This is a measure with direct effect at individual level. As a collective, Daimler employees are facing restructuring measures because of a decrease in demand. Company plans for cost reduction and restructuring are not affected by the bonus payment.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Employees in standard employment
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Sector specific set of companies
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Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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Company / Companies
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Employer
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | No involvement | No involvement |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
No data.
This case is sector-specific (only private sector)
Economic area | Sector (NACE level 2) |
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C - Manufacturing | C29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers |
This case is not occupation-specific.
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Corona bonus at Daimler Germany, measure DE-2020-49/1583 (measures in Germany), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/DE-2020-49_1583.html
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