The Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA) and the trade union ver.di have reached a social and change collective agreement.
This agreement provides binding legal and planning security for the implementation of transformation projects.
The new social and change collective agreement sets the framework for the execution of major efficiency-boosting and modernisation initiatives for HHLA in Hamburg.
According to HHLA, the objective is to further develop structures and processes to meet customer expectations in order to be able to keep pace with the escalating demands of global competitiveness.
These include, among other things, cross-terminal staff deployment throughout all HHLA container terminals in the Port of Hamburg, as well as targeted expenditures in employee qualifications.
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Torben Seebold, HHLA Chief Human Resources Officer, and lead negotiator, said: “This long-term collective agreement forms the basis for the accelerated implementation of key transformation projects, thereby ensuring the future viability of HHLA and our employees.
“Together, we have achieved our goal of placing people at the centre of the transformation while simultaneously enhancing HHLA’s competitiveness. To this end, we are combining the necessary operational changes resulting from automation and process optimisation with comprehensive training measures and clear commitments to social security. This creates promising prospects for HHLA and our employees in a dynamic market environment.”
Last month, HHLA Project Logistics successfully completed its first loading operation at the Port of Hamburg.
