Family support - A top priority at the IPB

The Institute is very committed when it comes to balancing work and family life for its employees. In recent years, we have developed a wide range of measures to achieve this.

These are in detail:

Possibilities to organize working time flexibly and family-friendly
Flexitime arrangements
Part-time jobs
Individual distribution of weekly working hours
Home offices
Family-friendly arrangement of seminars and similar
Individual parental leave agreements
Training opportunities, also during parental leave
Use of special leave and work exemptions
Help in finding daycare
Parent-child room in the institute

Dual Career

The IPB has been a member of Dual Career Network Mitteldeutschland since October 2010. The central concern of the network is the professional integration of both partners in the region of Central Germany. Our aim is to strengthen the balance between career planning and family, among other things through the measures mentioned above.

Family as a success factor

Since September 2022, the IPB has been a member of the nationwide company network "Success Factor Family".

The company network "Success Factor Family" was founded in 2007 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs and the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce as a central platform for family-friendly companies. Since then, it has grown continuously and now includes more than 8,700 members, ranging from micro-enterprises to DAX-listed companies.

We are aware that corporate culture is crucial to ensuring that all employees can benefit from the work-life balance. Our goal is to benefit from both experience and good examples from other companies through networking.

The parent-child room

The IPB has had a parent-child room since 1 August 2013. The room is located on the upper floor of the IPB library and offers a quiet retreat for IPB employees, their relatives, guests and their children.

Equipped with a desk, PC and printer as well as a lovingly furnished play corner, it offers the opportunity to combine work and childcare for a while. The room is accessible at all times and can also be used outside regular working hours.

WeinbergKids - Day care for your child

WeinbergKids is a professional and dedicated daycare for your child/ children on the Weinberg Campus, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 8 in Halle. WeinbergKids is offered by the Studentenwerk Halle, the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the MLU Student Council. The offer is adressed to students and employees of the Martin Luther University, the Studentenwerk Halle and the research institutions located on the Weinberg campus. The facility is open from 13:30 to 20:30. All information can be found at http://www.weinbergkids.de

If you have any questions, please contact Human Ressources:

Kerstin Balkenhohl

Department: Administration and Infrastructure

Job Title: Head of Working Group / Deputy Head of Department

+49 (0) 345 5582 1610

Kerstin.Balkenhohl(at)ipb-halle.de

Claudia Haferung

Department: Administration and Infrastructure

Job Title: HR Issues

+49 (0) 345 5582 1612

Claudia.Haferung(at)ipb-halle.de