FOR ŠKODA AUTO EMPLOYEES

FOLLOW THE

CORONAVIRUS

MEASURES

Dear Škodians,

We have seen a significant increase of

cases where employees violate the

existing COVID-19 health & safety

restrictions. Adopted in cooperation

with the KOVO Trade Union, the set of

measures known as Safe Production and

Safe Office are designed to protect the

health of employees and their families

while ensuring that ŠKODA AUTO can

continue its production and business

activities without undesired

interruptions. The adopted measures

and restrictions only make sense as long

as we all comply with them together employees, as well as all other people

working on the Company's sites.

SO and the security service provider are

performing more frequent compliance

checks, as the epidemic situation

remains very serious. The most

common violations include an incorrectly

used face mask or a failure to wear one,

particularly at ŠKODA AUTO sites

outside the production premises. Some

employees also keep breaching the nosmoking and social-distancing

restrictions.

Everyone working at ŠKODA AUTO

is therefore once again reminded of their

obligation to comply with the current

health & safety restrictions

and are requested to support the

Company's health protection efforts.

These measures may seem lengthy and

annoying, but compared to the drastic

consequences of COVID-19, wearing a

face mask is a negligible contribution

from each of us.

Head Staff Also Performs Checks

Please be advised that non-compliers

may face disciplinary sanctions under

the internal Work Rules. Managementlevel staff members are reminded of

their obligation to check compliance

with the said measures within their

teams, in order to avoid possible

disciplinary sanctions for inaction.

Thank you for your cooperation.  It's

about the health of us all!

You can always find the latest news

related to the coronavirus

at ŠKODA Space.

WEEKLY

03/2021

WHY GET VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19?

Epidemiologists and experts around the world agree that global vaccination is the only way to

stop the spread of COVID-19 and return to our usual pre-pandemic life routines. ŠKODA

AUTO is, in cooperation with the KOVO Trade Union, developing a vaccination strategy

of its employees (including agency staff and employees of integrated companies), which

derivates from the official strategy of the Czech Government.

Individual benefits of the vaccine

The greatest benefit for the vaccinated person alone is

that they will not fall ill or feel only weak symptoms if they

encounter COVID-19.This effect is essential mainly in

high-risk population groups. Besides that, vaccinated

people will be once again able to travel without limitations.

Airline companies may require passengers to provide a

COVID-19 vaccination certificate or a negative test.

Collective benefits of the vaccine

This vaccine will also have a direct protective effect for the

family, friends and colleagues. If a vaccinated person falls ill

with COVID-19, their infectivity is very low. Another

important work and finances related benefit right after

employee health protection: the expect decrease

of ordered quarantines/isolations.

Society, in both corporate and global terms, will benefit

most from the vaccine if 70% of the population or more

get vaccinated. That will lead to herd immunity, i.e.

a situation where a large number of vaccinated individuals

protect one unvaccinated person.

„Unfortunately, those who don't

get vaccinated and rely on their

colleagues to do it for them, are

taking a somewhat calculating and

unsportsmanlike approach where

someone ‚takes the wheel‘ and

the others are just ‚passengers‘,“

appeals Dr. Jiří Prokop, Head

of SG, to the solidarity of all.

H. DIESS:

SPECIAL ROLE

OF ŠKODA

MOBILE WORK FOR

QUARANTINED PROD.

AND OPER. WORKERS

Due to the current COVID-19 situation and after

an agreement with the KOVO Trade Union, from

18/01/21, ŠKODA AUTO will offer mobile work

regime to production/operative workers, who have

been quarantined by the Regional Public Health Office

or the SG department, after the workers reach an

agreement with their superior. This mobile work regime

takes a form of online qualification improvement for

which the employee is entitled to a salary (not the 60%

of the daily basis of assessment). This is a pilot project

where procedural and administrative changes can occur.

All details, instructions and study materials can be found

at the ŠKODA Space Employee Portal.

HERBERT DIESS,

CHAIRMAN OF

THE BOARD OF

MANAGEMENT

OF VW GROUP,

PUBLISHED A LINKEDIN POST

ABOUT THE SPECIAL ROLE

OF ŠKODA AUTO WITHIN

THE VOLKSWAGEN GROUP.

The VW Group CEO highlighted the

upcoming new generation of the

ŠKODA FABIA COMBI. Diess also

praised ŠKODA AUTO's CEO Thomas

Schäfer for his development program

called “NEXT LEVEL ŠKODA“ and its

three priorities: “Expand, Explore,

Engage“.

He points out that ŠKODA is VW

Group's most profitable volume brand

and one of the most profitable brands

in the world. Diess attributes it to the

unique abilities and the commitment

of the entire ŠKODA AUTO team.

Read the full post

at ŠKODA Space.