16. Personnel expenses
Personnel expenses can be broken down as follows:
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€ million |
9M 2013 |
12M 2012/13 |
12M 2013/14 |
Wages and salaries |
4,414 |
5,960 |
5,838 |
Social security expenses, expenses for post-employment benefits and related employee benefits |
1,023 |
1,368 |
1,356 |
thereof post-employment benefits |
(66) |
(78) |
(88) |
|
5,437 |
7,328 |
7,194 |
Wages and salaries shown in personnel expenses include expenses relating to severance payments of €94 million (12M 2012/13: €95 million; 9M 2013: €55 million). In addition, wages and salaries include restructuring expenses of €59 million (12M 2012/13: €29 million; 9M 2013: €20 million), which also comprise severance components. Wages and salaries also include expenses for share-based payments totalling €3 million (12M 2012/13: €6 million; 9M 2013: €7 million).
Annual average number of group employees:
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Number of employees by headcount |
9M 2013 |
12M 2012/13 |
12M 2013/14 |
Blue collar/white collar |
269,493 |
272,867 |
255,033 |
Apprentices/trainees |
9,101 |
9,262 |
9,109 |
|
278,594 |
282,129 |
264,142 |
This includes an absolute number of 72,548 (12M 2012/13: 75,861; 9M 2013: 75,144) part-time employees. The percentage of employees working outside of Germany (full-time equivalents) stood at 61.5 per cent (12M 2012/13: 63.7 per cent; 9M 2013: 63.5 per cent).