20. Employees

Personnel expenses

In € thousand

1–12/2020

1–12/2019

Salaries

444,997

454,780

Expenses for termination benefits

10,902

4,567

Pension expenses

21,969

20,608

Expenditure on mandatory social security contributions as well as income-based charges and compulsory contributions

127,861

128,921

Other social expenditures

5,631

7,040

Personnel-related restructuring expenses

96,319

0

Total

707,679

615,916

of which sales

133,748

120,436

of which administration

574,322

493,351

of which retirees

–391

2,129

Average number of employees

 

31/12/2020

31/12/2019

Total

13,408

13,038

of which sales

4,138

4,202

of which administration

9,271

8,836

At 31 December 2020 the number of employees of the acquired AXA companies is 1,986. These were reported in the average number of salaried employees in relation to the time period from the acquisition date.