Overview

• Volkswagen’s half‑year disciplinary report records 548 dismissals worldwide in H1 2025 alongside 2,079 written warnings.
• Company guidance states repeated unexcused absence can lead to summary dismissal, with employees required to notify managers immediately of any impediment to work.
• More than 300 dismissals have already occurred at the VW core brand this year across Wolfsburg, Braunschweig, Emden, Hannover, Salzgitter and Kassel, according to BILD.
• The company expects further triple‑digit dismissals in 2025 for excessive absenteeism, BILD reports.
• VW cites absenteeism costs of about €1 billion per year, and the disciplinary push comes as it reports a 30% profit decline in H1 and pursues a plan to cut 35,000 German jobs by 2030.