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Key figures Employees

Number of employees1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

 

 

Number

 

%

 

Number

 

%

 

Number

 

%

Total

 

77,9242

 

100.0

 

76,255

 

100.0

 

75,306

 

100.0

Women

 

58,686

 

75.3

 

57,552

 

75.5

 

57,310

 

76.1

Men

 

19,235

 

24.7

 

18,703

 

24.5

 

17,996

 

23.9

1

As at December 31, 2023; excludes students on rotations or in their practical year, federal volunteer service/social gap year volunteers, and staffing agency workers. Helios Germany does not employ people outside Germany. Helios only engages staffing agency workers in exceptional cases to fill unexpected staff shortages temporarily. Data about staffing agency workers are not collected systematically.

2

Includes three gender-diverse person and 642 persons without specification
Contract1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Permanent

 

83.3%

 

83.5%

 

82.9%

of whom women

 

76.6%

 

76.7%

 

77.3%

of whom men

 

23.4%

 

23.3%

 

22.7%

Temporary2

 

16.7%

 

16.5%

 

17.1%

of whom women

 

68.8%

 

69.4%

 

70.3%

of whom men

 

31.1%

 

30.6%

 

29.7%

1

As at December 31, 2023

2

Temporary employment relationships primarily arise from short-term staff shortages and replacement situations. Specialist medical training also usually occurs as temporary employment. Our apprentices are also considered temporary employees.
Employment relationship1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Full-time

 

54.9%

 

54.5%

 

54.0%

of whom women

 

67.2%

 

66.9%

 

67.7%

of whom men

 

32.8%

 

33.1%

 

32.3%

Part-time models

 

45.0%

 

45.4%

 

45.9%

of whom women

 

85.3%

 

85.8%

 

86.0%

of whom men

 

14.7%

 

14.2%

 

14.0%

Other2

 

0.1%

 

0.1%

 

0.0%

1

As at December 31, 2023

2

“Other” includes employees who are paid on an hourly basis, for example.
Average tenure1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Average tenure in years

 

9.9

 

10.1

 

10.3

1

As at December 31, 2023
New hires1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

As a percentage2

 

15.0%

 

15.1%

 

12.7%

of whom women

 

67.3%

 

67.3%

 

68.4%

of whom men

 

32.7%

 

32.7%

 

31.6%

of whom under 30

 

32.7%

 

34.3%

 

34.0%

of whom 30 to 50

 

52.2%

 

51.1%

 

52.1%

of whom over 50

 

15.2%

 

14.6%

 

13.9%

1

All new employees hired for Helios in a newly created position or to replace someone else.

2

Calculated as the number of new hires* in relation to the number of employees at the end of the year.
Employee resignations1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

As a percentage2

 

7.7%

 

8.0%

 

6.8%

of whom women

 

72.8%

 

72.2%

 

71.2%

of whom men

 

27.8%

 

27.8%

 

28.8%

of whom under 30

 

28.6%

 

30.2%

 

30.2%

of whom 30 to 50

 

53.9%

 

53.8%

 

53.7%

of whom over 50

 

17.5%

 

16.0%

 

16.1%

1

Calculated as the number of employees who voluntarily left the company in relation to the number of employees at the end of the year.

2

The number of voluntary employee resignations was compared and harmonized with that for other Fresenius entities. We now exclude termination contracts without severance pay.
Parental leave rates

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

 

 

Number

 

%1

 

Number

 

%1

 

Number

 

%1

Total

 

4,212

 

5.4%

 

5,040

 

6.6%

 

4,865

 

6.5%

Women

 

3,607

 

6.1%

 

4,386

 

7.6%

 

4,127

 

7.2%

Men

 

605

 

3.1%

 

654

 

3.5%

 

738

 

4.1%

1

Measured out of all employees in the respective category as at the end of the year (for example, 7.2% of female employees took parental leave during 2021).
Apprentices and student employees1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Total apprentices

 

6,008

 

5,587

 

5,554

of whom in nursing

 

4,387

 

4,103

 

4,217

Medical students in clinical internships

 

1,000

 

971

 

960

Physicians in residencies

 

4,528

 

4,357

 

4,195

Medical students in clinical traineeships

 

893

 

985

 

874

1

As at December 31, 2023
Apprentice nurses hired after completion of training1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Hire rate

 

80%

 

85%

 

86%

Participants in final exams

 

1,207

 

1,1913

 

934

Participants in final exams2

 

1,150

 

1,1243

 

875

Job offered by Helios

 

1,048

 

1,0783

 

862

Offer accepted

 

905

 

9343

 

740

1

The figures for all other training programs have not been collected centrally so far.

2

The number of exams passed can only be reported at the end of the following year because it may take up to a year for failed exams to be repeated.

3

Apprenticeship started in spring and fall 2019.
Training and professional development

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Percentage of annual revenue reinvested in professional developments1

 

0.43%

 

0.31%

 

0.31%

Number of events

 

5,000

 

3,900

 

3,300

1

Based on data from hospitals.
Women in management positions

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Total1

 

31%

 

31%

 

31%

Medical Director or Chief Physician

 

13%

 

13%

 

12%

Assistant Medical Director or Head of Department

 

35%

 

35%

 

35%

Nursing Director

 

51%

 

54%

 

57%

Executive Hospital Director

 

31%

 

33%

 

29%

Company and regional management teams

 

0%

 

0%

 

33%

Head of Central Services

 

44%

 

44%

 

44%

Regional Manager

 

52%

 

50%

 

46%

1

Number of female employees in the listed job categories in relation to total staff in these categories as at December 31, 2023
Age mix1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Average age

 

42.1

 

42.2

 

42.2

under 30

 

21.2%

 

20.0%

 

20.0%

30 to 50

 

46.4%

 

47.0%

 

47.0%

over 50

 

32.4%

 

33.0%

 

33.0%

1

As at December, 2023
Age mix in management positions

 

 

Under 30

 

30 to 50

 

Over 50

Total1

 

0.0%

 

52.0%

 

48.0%

Medical Director or Chief Physician

 

0.1%

 

23.4%

 

76.5%

Assistant Medical Director or Head of Department

 

0.0%

 

58.8%

 

41.2%

Nursing Director

 

1.2%

 

52.4%

 

46.3%

Executive Hospital Director

 

0.0%

 

81.3%

 

18.8%

Company and regional management teams

 

0.0%

 

60.0%

 

40.0%

Head of Central Services

 

0.0%

 

44.4%

 

55.6%

Regional Manager

 

0.0%

 

48.1%

 

51.9%

1

Number of employees in the listed job categories in relation to total staff in these categories as at December 31, 2023
All Helios employees by job type and gender1

 

 

Total %

 

Of whom
women %

 

Of whom
men %

Medical staff

 

16.0%

 

44.3%

 

55.7%

Nursing staff2

 

43.8%

 

83.7%

 

16.3%

Medical technicians2

 

12.4%

 

87.5%

 

12.5%

Functional service staff2

 

10.4%

 

83.7%

 

16.3%

Hospital domestic services staff

 

0.8%

 

94.0%

 

6.0%

Technical staff2

 

0.1%

 

28.6%

 

71.4%

Operational and supply services staff2

 

7.9%

 

66.5%

 

33.5%

Administration staff2

 

6.7%

 

68.4%

 

31.6%

Special services staff

 

0.3%

 

55.0%

 

45.0%

Training center staff

 

0.7%

 

76.7%

 

23.3%

Other

 

0.9%

 

74.7%

 

25.3%

1

As at December 31, 2023

2

Apprentices are included under the relevant job category and are not listed separately.

Notes:

The totals in the tables may vary slightly due to rounding.

The number of employees is always stated in absolute terms.

Percentages generally refer to the total number of employees (see “Number of employees”). Deviations are marked as such.