| 31.12.2014 | 31.12.2013 | |
|---|---|---|
| Payroll expenses: | (718 901) | (782 860) |
| current salaries and wages | (679 497) | (685 079) |
| jubilee bonuses | (25 192) | (4 504) |
| retirement benefits | 1 054 | 7 182 |
| other | (15 266) | (100 459) |
| Social security and other benefits | (229 971) | (253 355) |
| Social Security premiums | (133 620) | (141 031) |
| appropriation to the Company’s Social Benefits Fund | (30 639) | (25 096) |
| other social benefits | (43 034) | (63 831) |
| other post-employment benefits | (11 198) | (11 264) |
| other | (11 480) | (12 133) |
| Total | (948 872) | (1 036 215) |
Employment guarantees
Based on an arrangement entered into by the Group and labor unions, specific employment guarantees have been given to people employed by the Group before 29 June 2007, which expire on 31 December 2018.
Furthermore, the provisions of the aforementioned arrangement will remain in force longer for employees who, at the expiry of the guarantees, have maximum four years to satisfy the conditions to acquire pension rights. This implies that in the event the employer fails to comply with the guarantees, employment contracts may not be terminated without payment of additional benefits to employees who, at the expiry of the guarantees, have maximum four years to satisfy the conditions to acquire pension rights.
Under the employment guarantees, in case the employement contract is terminated by the employer, the Group is obliged to pay an employee an amount being the product of their monthly salary and the remaining period of the guarantee validity.
Pursuant to a social contract concluded on 10 August 2007 between Enea Wytwarzanie SA and labor unions, employees of that entity obtained an employment guarantee extended by 11 years as at the contract effective date, i.e. by 30 January 2019.
Other payroll expenses
Other payroll expenses consist of the provision for Voluntary Redundancy Programme. The rules related to the provision are presented in Note 32.