Personnel expenses can be broken down as follows:
€ million |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
|---|---|---|
Wages and salaries |
2,229 |
2,489 |
Social security expenses, expenses for post-employment benefits and related employee benefits |
539 |
614 |
(thereof for post-employment benefits) |
(42) |
(57) |
|
2,768 |
3,103 |
Wages and salaries include expenses relating to restructuring measures and severance payments of €104 million (2020/21: €85 million). The variable remuneration rose from €119 million in financial year 2020/21 to €160 million in financial year 2021/22. Wages and salaries also include expenses for long-term remuneration components totalling €13 million (2020/21: €17 million).
The average number of people employed by the group during the year was as follows:
|
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
|---|---|---|
Blue collar/white collar |
93,344 |
93,203 |
Apprentices/trainees |
1,797 |
1,741 |
|
95,141 |
94,944 |
This includes an absolute number of 14,023 (2020/21: 15,422) part-time employees. The number of employees working outside of Germany stood at 76,962 (2020/21: 76,597). This includes 76,011 blue- and white-collar employees (2020/21: 75,660). In addition, 951 (2020/21: 937) trainees were trained abroad.