On June 30, 2011, the Bayer Group employed 113,400 people worldwide, compared with 111,400 six months earlier. The number of employees thus showed a small increase of 1.8%.
HealthCare employed 56,400 people. The increase compared with the end of 2010 (December 31, 2010: 55,700) resulted from the first-time inclusion of the employees of Bomac, New Zealand, and from continued expansion particularly in China. The number of employees at CropScience increased to 21,700 for seasonal reasons (December 31, 2010: 20,700). The size of the workforce at MaterialScience increased by 2.0% to 15,000 (December 31, 2010: 14,700), due particularly to the expansion of our activities in the emerging markets. The remaining 20,300 employees worked mainly for the service companies.
Personnel expenses rose by 8.7% in the second quarter of 2011 to €2,206 million (Q2 2010: €2,029 million). This increase was largely attributable to higher provisions for restructuring and provisions for variable employee compensation.