Allianz Türkiye Stands Out with Practices for Working Parents

Allianz Türkiye strengthens employee engagement through innovative practices that protect work-life balance, while inspiring the sector. Standing out with comprehensive leave policies for parent employees, the Flexible Summer scheme offering two months of remote work, and family development training programs, the company facilitates women employees' working lives through lactation rooms and psychological support, thereby contributing to employment.

Under the motto "This is Allianz, Life is Different Here," Allianz Türkiye implements a working model designed for different personas with consideration for employee needs, leading the sector with practices that enhance employee welfare. The company, which implements value-creating practices for its employees drawing on over 100 years of experience in the insurance sector, prioritizes employee welfare, protects their physical and mental health, supports work-life balance, and strengthens their engagement.

Special support for parents through flexible leave arrangements
Allianz Türkiye, which attaches importance to employee health and future security, offers core benefits such as Group Health Insurance, Group Life Insurance, Group Pension Plan and Long-Term Stock Investment Option. The company continues practices that support work-life balance for employees, including Bridge Leave, Birthday Leave, a one-week Allianz Block Holiday available to all employees, and annual Allianz Mental Health Leave usable for one day, and also provides facilities such as lactation rooms and free psychological support to facilitate and support women employees' working lives. Parent employees are given the opportunity to take half-day administrative leave on the first day of the school year and on report card day to be with their children.

Fathers receive leave beyond statutory period
Under its paternity leave scheme, the company grants male employees paternity leave beyond the five days specified in law, implementing a total of 30 calendar days of leave. With its hybrid working model offering employees flexible options such as remote work and two or four days per week in the office, Allianz Türkiye also provides the "Flexible Summer" scheme allowing employees in July and August to work entirely remotely, enabling them to spend more time with their families and children. In addition, as part of the hybrid working model, it provides ergonomic equipment support to meet the ergonomic needs of employees working in home environments. The FamiLearn family development program, developed by Allianz Türkiye Academy (ATA), the insurance sector's first corporate university operating within Allianz Türkiye, aims to help parent employees establish balance between their work and family lives through the training and events it designs.

Support for women returning to careers
The company, which also supports women's employment, backs the return to working life of women who have taken breaks of at least one year from their careers for various reasons through its AllWonders project. The project accelerates women's adaptation process to working life, facilitating the sector's access to qualified labor.

95% return rate for employees on parental leave
İlkay Özel, Member of the Turkey Executive Board and Assistant General Manager of Human Resources and Culture, who states that employees are their most valuable capital, said: "As Allianz Türkiye, we prioritize the health, wellbeing and happiness of our employees at the highest level. To this end, we implement comprehensive, inclusive and innovative practices to continuously increase employee engagement, satisfaction and welfare. In particular, we have comprehensive leave policies that support work-life balance for our parent employees, training and development programs for healthy communication within the family, our flexible working model and events that families can attend together for special occasions. These practices, which we implement based on feedback from our employees, strengthen the bond between us. In 2024, 82 of the 86 employees who took parental leave returned to their positions after their leave ended, achieving a 95% return rate," he said.