Group 15: Employee benefits expense
|TEUR#265,850
| in TEUR | 2011 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Wages and salaries | 202.759 | 181.343 |
| Social security costs | 37.066 | 35.374 |
| Other employee benefits expense | 26.025 | 27.725 |
| Total | 265.850 | 244.442 |
Other employee benefits expense include cost of creation of provisions for retirement benefits and jubilee premiums in the amount of TEUR 2,869 (2010: TEUR 2,939).
A portion of employee benefits expense (TEUR 3,567) was used to create provisions from government grants in Gorenje I.P.C., d.o.o., which has the status of a company employing disabled persons.
Other employee benefits expense includes mainly annual leave bonuses, meal allowances, commuting allowances, retirement benefits and jubilee premiums in compliance with the national labour legislation and the companies' internal regulations.
| As at 31 December | Average | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |
| Home Appliances division | 8.850 | 8.577 | 8.907 | 8.905 |
| Home interior division | 644 | 825 | 749 | 926 |
| Ecology, energy and services division | 1.226 | 1.319 | 1.276 | 1.343 |
| Total | 10.720 | 10.721 | 10.932 | 11.174 |