For all EADS and Cassidian employees, whatever their status, planning a career path is considerably easier when it is in harmony with their personal expectations outside of the office. For instance, EADS is committed to supporting staff with families by implementing a range of measures that allow employees to concentrate on their vocation, safe in the knowledge that their family life is given similar devotion.

Family-friendly solutions:

Cassidian at the Friedrichshafen site was awarded the "berufundfamilie" audit certificate. With the help of this audit, the company intends to increase the awareness of the need for a better compatibility of career and family among employees and executives.

A whole package of measures contributes to the image of a family-friendly employer. The holiday programme (day care during Easter, Whitsun, summer and autumn holidays) is of major importance in this respect, as it aims at supporting parents in reconciling their occupational and family obligations. The offers by the company include plans for a children's house at the company site, flexible working times, part-time jobs and parental leave periods as well as tele workplaces, employment promises for mothers or unpaid leave for child minding or nursing tasks. For all these measures Cassidian was awarded the "berufundfamilie" audit certificate for its Friedrichshafen site at the end of 2010. With the help of this audit, the company intends to increase the awareness of the need for a better compatibility of career and family among employees and executives.