Disclosure 401-1 New employee hires and employee turnover

Disclosure 401-2 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees

Pension and other employee benefit plans are monitored globally by Clariant for relevance, compliance, costs, and suitability as a valuable employee benefit. Clariant is aware of the significance of these pension and other benefit plans as a way of retaining staff. These plans are regularly matched with benefits in the respective countries in order to be in line with the current practice. Before every adjustment, Clariant carefully examines the impact the changes have on the employees and, if necessary, conducts direct consultations with them.

No intentional differentiation is made in the company benefits provided by Clariant according to the type of employment contract, but this does not exclude differences depending on the individual case and local circumstances. The deciding criterion in this case is the customary market standard.

Disclosure 401-3 Parental leave

In 2012, Clariant initiated a program to promote more family-friendly job opportunities. As part of this program, all mothers are guaranteed a comparable position upon their return to work for up to one year following the birth or adoption of a child. For the two years following the birth or adoption, Clariant grants mothers ten days of paid leave for family purposes, in addition to their standard annual vacation. Correspondingly, this provision is available to fathers as well. Given all permanent employees of Clariant are theoretically entitled to this provision, this would extend to all 13,986 males and 3,701 females for 2017. 162 mothers and 482 fathers took advantage of this opportunity in 2017. In the same year, 611 employees returned to their workplaces, of which 134 were females and 477 were males.