Since the end of the business year 2011/12, employee numbers are expressed in terms of full-time equivalents (FTEs) in order to enable better comparisons within the respective time frame and/or with other companies.
As of September 30, 2012, the voestalpine Group had 46,115 employees (FTEs including apprentices, part-time employees, and temporary employees), an increase of 171 employees compared to the previous year’s reporting date (45,944) and a decrease of 358 employees compared to the beginning of the business year (46,473).
4,111 employees were employed as temporary staff, which corresponds to a slight decline compared to the same reporting date of the business year 2011/12 (4,343).
The number of apprentices being trained in the voestalpine Group worldwide was 1,590 as of September 30, 2012, which is practically unchanged compared to the previous year’s reporting date (1,598).