(all amounts in Euro thousands)
|
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
| Wages, salaries and related expenses |
254,798
|
244,121
|
46,237
|
44,334
|
| Social security costs |
24,219
|
24,198
|
9,223
|
8,890
|
| Fair value of share options granted to directors and employees (note 29) |
1,433
|
1,620
|
974
|
1,376
|
| Other post retirement and termination benefits - defined benefit plans (note 4, 6, 25) |
14,033 |
10,349 |
4,475 |
1,665 |
| Total staff costs |
294,483 |
280,288 |
60,909 |
56,265 |
Group employees are employed on a full-time basis. The breakdown is as follows:
| |
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
| Greece and Western Europe |
1,157 |
1,185 |
811 |
842 |
| North America |
2,198 |
2,049 |
- |
- |
| South Eastern Europe |
1,253 |
1,282 |
- |
- |
| Eastern Mediterranean |
824 |
966 |
- |
- |
|
5,432 |
5,482 |
811 |
842 |