Volkswagen personnel chief Horst Neumann wants to reform the pay structure as part of the brand’s 10-year plan dubbed ‘Strategy 2018’.
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He told German press agency dpa he would start talks with trade union IG Metall in spring.
Neumann’s main objective is to simplify arrangements in Germany. At the moment there are different pay structures for different divisions and plants, and around 55 different wage agreements in force.
Neumann said that the last major pay agreement in November 2006 was a major step forward. Workers returned to a five-day week (from four days) and productivity has risen markedly while Volkswagen has exemplary flexibility in its working hours. There is, however, more to do.
One of the major steps will be to integrate subsidiary Auto 5000 into the Volkswagen group. It currently has 4,200 workers. When the project started, all workers were newly recruited and worked a five day week when the rest of Wolfsburg worked a four day week.
IG Metall has called for Auto 5000 pay structures to be equalised with the rest of the Wolfsburg workforce some time.
