Personnel expenses comprise the following:
| [ XLS ] |
€ million |
2007 |
2006 |
Wages and salaries |
1,586.8 |
1,144.2 |
Compulsory social security contributions |
225.1 |
185.6 |
Pension expenses |
121.5 |
82.7 |
(in both years excluding discontinued operations (Generics)) |
1,933.4 |
1,412.5 |
As of December 31, 2007, the companies of the Merck Group had 30,968 employees (2006: 29,999; 4,468 of which were attributable to discontinued operations). The average number of employees during the year was 30,791 (2006: 29,774; 4,557 of which were attributable to discontinued operations).
