Employee expenses | 1 January - 31 December 2015 | 1 January - 31 December 2014 |
Wages and salaries | 1,397,889 | 1,247,136 |
Defined contributions plans, including: | 304,070 | 262,903 |
- overheads | 236,574 | 199,746 |
- third pillar pension plans, including costs of premiums to PPE incurred in the period | 67,496 | 63,157 |
Other | 69,565 | 76,673 |
Total employee expenses | 1,771,524 | 1,586,712 |
As at 31 December 2015, PZU, PZU Życie and PZU CO had third pillar pension plans for their employees, considered defined contribution plans. Due to these plans, the employer paid additional 7% of the gross salary.
Employee expenses are disclosed under "Claims, benefits and change in technical provisions", "Acquisition costs", "Administrative expenses" and "Other operating expenses" of consolidated statement of profit or loss.