Maintain a balance between work and leisure time

EVN implements numerous measures to promote a balance between professional and family life.

In the modern world, the work-life balance i.e. the balance between a person’s career and family life is becoming an increasingly important issue in the modern working world. In particular, EVN offers employees a range of special arrangements and services, particularly facilitating the compatibility between professional and family life for people with family responsibilities.

Amongst other measures, EVN offers flexible working hours, part-time working models as well as special support provided to employees during their parental leave and in the subsequent period to facilitate the return to work. In addition to statutory parental leave, the possibility exists for employees, if requested, to take advantage of prolonged child care up to the age of three with guaranteed job reinstatement.

In order to ease the return to work, EVN maintains contact to employees throughout the parental leave period. As an alternative to full parental leave or recommencing work after parental leave, parents can also choose to work part-time and thus adjust their own working hours to their personal needs. As a result of these individually designed models, more than 80 per cent of parents return to employment such periods of leave. In the period 1998 -  2008, only eight employees left the company following their parental leave.

These flexible arrangements offer advantages for the company and employees. EVN can retain the knowledge of qualified staff and take advantage of its entire investments in training and professional development beyond the phase of intensive parental care. The close ties and contact to the company facilitate the ability of employees to  keep  their professional expertise up-to-date, and thus ensure the optimal pre-requisites for a successful return to full employment.