226 BMW Group Report 2024 To Our Stakeholders Combined Management Report Group Financial Statements Responsibility Statement and Auditor’s Report Remuneration Report Other Information Sustainability Statement T Temporary agency workers Temporary agency work is where a worker is employed by a tem- porary work agency, and then hired out to perform his/her work at and under the supervision and direction of the user company. There is considered to be no employment relationship between the temporary agency worker and the user company, although there could be legal obligations of the user company towards the temporary agency worker, especially with respect to health and safety. The relevant labour contract is of limited or unspecified duration with no guarantee of continuation. The user company pays fees to the agency, and the agency pays the wages. Total number of days idle This metric is an additional disclosure based on SASB, TR-AU- 310a.2. The BMW Group reports on the total number of idle days resulting from work stoppages (including strikes and lockouts). This metric is calculated by multiplying the number of employees affected by each work interruption by the duration of the respec- tive interruption in days, and then adding up these results. Turnover rate ↗ Number of employees who have left the BMW Group and rate of employee turnover W Women on maternity leave Maternity leave is a period of leave from work granted to an em- ployee of the BMW Group before and/or after the birth of a child or in the case of adoption, usually on the basis of national legal regulations. Working students People with a temporary contract working at a BMW Group com- pany during their studies for a contractually agreed, limited num- ber of hours.