Employment and Volkswagen

Explain what is novel and typical about the VW model The Volkswagen model is novel and distinctive by 3 concepts which Ill define below. First, the concept of the 28,8 hour working week which basically replaced the origin concept To save labor costs layoffs be inevitable Indeed, by keep the same wages while cutting the working hours of their employees innovates. Therefore, they are able to save 20% of the annual costs with this method. That allows the board of volkswagen to seemly the requirements of the works council which were among other things to remain with the same wages. Besides, concerning the job ecurity, as remote as somewhatwhat workers are concerned by the temporary works, that would be able in that elusion to transfer from one plant to another. Obviously, the suitableness regarding the new plant would be carefully reviewed case by case according to their competencies and experience. As a matter of fact, the workers lead not be able to decline an offer for an other job if it fits them. This has been also agree by the collective bargaining agreement. Moreover, Volkswagen distributed all annual special payments to its workers. The transmute to the 28,8 hour working week also shifted the numbers of the working days.Indeed, or so employees switched to four day working week while regarding the needs of departments some switched from three to five day working week. The second new divisor is thecontract between the newcomers in the market, that is to say the young people and the gaga ones. Indeed while being still at school in apprenticeship, the young generation of future workers would be offered the possibitlity to get into the world of sweat step by step until reaching the final stage which would be a full-employment within volkswagen. Nonetheless, they will have the conditions of the part time work.Whereas, the property is the reverse for the old generation, hence, as soon they reach 56 they place already reduce their working time and even more when they will get to their 59. So, their schedule can be reduced to 24 hours at 56 and 20 at 59. Even if Volkswagen still got to improve some points to trifle this measure more attractive, this aims to soflty replace the older generation and eat full-employment to the young generation. This also supposed to rise the productiveness. That leads us to our third element, the might element. Volkswagen wants their workers to e as competitive as possible and meet 4 main characteristics, To be multiskilled and mutli- functional mobilecreative and human. To reach their terminal their They target single employees from 18 to 30 and they train trough programmes to make them fulfill to the The needs of the company which are the flexibility and a richlyly-skilled work force which result to a win win situation for both as during this time Volkswagen is receiving governmental subsidy while train the future high manpower standard. secure the job for the employee and gives Volkswa gen a rising productivity