Personnel Figures
The Migros Group made it through the second year of the pandemic, due in no small part to its dedicated employees.
Workforce
Employees by strategic business units
1 Coop. Retailing: 71’537
2 Migros Industrie: 13’119
3 Commerce: 9’263
4 Travel: 1’900
5 Financial Services: 1’722
With 97’541 employees in more than 100 companies, the Migros Group is the largest private employer in Switzerland. The workforce shrank by 1.6% in comparison with the previous year, due mainly to staff reductions in the strategic business units Travel (–26.4%) and Migros Industrie (–6.0%). While the Hotelplan Group continued to struggle with the effects of the pandemic, the reduction at Migros Industrie was due to the sale of Saviva AG in particular. The number of employees in Cooperative Retailing remained constant. In contrast, the number of employees in online retail saw a year-on-year increase of 35.7%1, while the workforce in the health segment grew by 9.1%. The gross fluctuation rate2 for employees paid a monthly salary was 16.9%, of which internal transfers within Migros made up 2.6%.
88% of employees are employed in Switzerland; just under 60% are female and around half work part time. The average age is 41.3 years: 27% of employees are under 30, 45% are aged 31–50 and 28% are over 50. Around 47’000 employees (64%) in Switzerland3 are covered by a collective labour agreement.
Employee retention at the Migros Group is extremely high. Employees stay with Migros for 10.8 years on average. Around 1’450 jobs in various sectors were advertised on the Migros Group job platform "Arbeitswelt" during the course of 2021.
Key figures Workforce
|
|
Number of employees |
Proportion of people covered by N-CLA |
Number of trainees |
|
Total |
97'541 |
47'005 |
3'621 |
|
Cooperative Retailing |
71'537 |
34'987 |
2'781 |
|
Migros Industry |
13'119 |
10'015 |
559 |
|
Commerce |
9'263 |
543 |
141 |
|
Travel |
1'900 |
534 |
79 |
|
Financial Services |
1'722 |
926 |
62 |
|
|
Proportion of women/men |
Proportion of full-time/part-time employees |
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|
|
Women |
Men |
Full time |
Part time |
|
Total |
58.6% |
41.4% |
50.8% |
49.2% |
|
Cooperative Retailing |
62.8% |
37.2% |
44.7% |
55.3% |
|
Migros Industry |
34.9% |
65.1% |
82.6% |
17.4% |
|
Commerce |
59.8% |
40.2% |
43.1% |
56.9% |
|
Travel |
70.0% |
30.0% |
63.4% |
36.6% |
|
Financial Services |
48.9% |
51.1% |
66.0% |
34.0% |
|
|
Proportion of age groups |
Proportion of employees from Switzerland/other countries |
|||
|
|
Up to 30 |
31–50 |
> 50 |
Switzerland |
Abroad |
|
Total |
26.7% |
45.2% |
28.1% |
87.8% |
12.2% |
|
Cooperative Retailing |
26.8% |
44.0% |
29.2% |
87.1% |
12.9% |
|
Migros Industry |
19.0% |
50.5% |
30.5% |
89.4% |
10.6% |
|
Commerce |
38.5% |
44.9% |
16.5% |
95.9% |
4.1% |
|
Travel |
31.4% |
46.1% |
22.5% |
51.5% |
48.5% |
|
Financial Services |
28.2% |
47.8% |
23.9% |
100.0% |
0.0% |
Compensation
Personnel costs increased by 0.1% to CHF 5’906 million in 2021. In nominal terms, the wages paid by Migros companies that fall under the Collective Labour Agreement (N-CLA) rose by 0.4% on average. Between 2017 and 2021, wages rose by 3.2% in nominal terms and by 1.5% in real terms on average.
For employees covered by the N-CLA, a decision was made in the reporting year to standardise and increase the minimum and reference wages at national level from the start of 2022.
The regional Migros Cooperatives passed the legally required equal pay analysis. However, Migros Group companies also go above and beyond the legal requirements and have long pursued the principle of "equal pay for equal work". With the help of relevant tools, salaries are determined on the basis of position alone. This means they are not influenced by gender, origin, religion, skin colour or any other characteristics that could give rise to discrimination.
Employee pension plans
The Migros Pension Fund (MPF) is responsible for the occupational pensions for its members in 38 associated companies of the Migros Group. In 2021, it looked after some 51’700 members and 29’300 pensioners.
The MPF provides above-average pension benefits. Furthermore, the employer pays two thirds of the total contributions. In 2021, the MPF generated a net return of 8.5% on its capital investments of CHF 29.7 billion. The coverage ratio increased to 133.9% at the end of 2021. The pension capital was calculated with a technical interest rate of 1.5% on the basis of the BVG 2020 base tables, using the generational concept for mortality assumptions. The MPF pursues a sustainable investment policy and supports the targets of the Paris Agreement.