9. Personnel expenses
The following table shows the composition of personnel expenses:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|
Wages and salaries |
364,343 |
422,317 |
Expenses for severance payments and gratuity |
14,775 |
3,152 |
Retirement benefit expenses |
9,434 |
10,072 |
Statutory social security expenses |
96,760 |
100,208 |
Other employee-related costs |
9,976 |
10,300 |
Total |
495,289 |
546,049 |
The expenses for severance payments mainly include those for the statutory obligations of Lenzing AG and its Austrian subsidiaries towards their employees, as well as voluntary termination payments and severance payments recognized as part of restructuring provisions (see note 30).
The number of employees in the Lenzing Group is as follows:
The following table shows the number of employees in Lenzing AG and the Austrian subsidiaries of the Lenzing Group:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|
Hourly workers |
1,761 |
1,749 |
Salaried employees |
1,260 |
1,340 |
Total |
3,020 |
3,089 |