As of the reporting date December 31, 2014, the voestalpine Group had 46,461 employees (FTE, full time equivalent) worldwide; the number of employees remained practically unchanged compared to the previous year’s reporting date (46,460).
The number of temporary staff was 3,993 persons, an increase of 5.1% compared to the third quarter of the business year 2013/14 (3,798).
As of the reporting date December 31, 2014, 1,666 apprentices were being trained Group-wide, 3.7% or 59 young people more than as of December31, 2013 (1,607).