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.
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 B
