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PERSONNEL COSTS

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Definition:
Personnel costs are defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the reference period. Personnel costs also include taxes and employees’ social security contributions retained by the unit as well as the employer’s compulsory and voluntary social contributions.

Source Publication:
Statistics in focus: Industry, trade and services; Theme 4 – 7/2001 - Distributive trades statistics, Eurostat, Methodological Notes, page 7.

Statistical Theme: Industry and services statistics

Created on Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Last updated on Tuesday, November 20, 2001