13. Personnel Expenses

Personnel Expenses

in € thousand

 

2015

 

2014

Wages and salaries

 

294,508

 

281,209

Social security contributions and benefits

 

53,724

 

52,478

Staff deployment

 

46,838

 

62,892

Service expense

 

5,881

 

4,718

Other retirement benefit expenses

 

624

 

377

 

 

401,575

 

401,674

The direct remuneration paid to members of the Executive Board totalled € 2,925 thousand for the financial year 2015 (previous year: € 2,959 thousand). See Note 48 for more details on the remuneration paid to the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board.

Social security contributions include payments towards the public pension scheme amounting to € 26,005 thousand (previous year: € 26,046 thousand) and payments to the German pension insurance scheme. There were no significant expenses from the termination of employment in the year under review (previous year: € 1,531 thousand).

Service expense includes payments from defined benefit pension commitments and similar obligations.

Average Number of Employees

 

 

2015

 

2014

Fully consolidated companies

 

 

 

 

Employees receiving wages

 

2,646

 

2,509

Salaried staff

 

2,554

 

2,462

Trainees

 

116

 

130

 

 

5,316

 

5,101