XML 60 R17.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.20.4
Other Employee-Related Obligations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Other Employee-Related Obligations  
Other Employee-Related Obligations

(B.5) Other Employee-Related Obligations

y Accounting Policy

As far as the obligation for long-term employee benefits is secured by pledged reinsurance coverage, it is offset with the relating plan asset.

Other Employee-Related Liabilities

€ millions

2020

2019

    

Current

    

Non-Current

    

Total

    

Current

    

Non-Current

    

Total

Other employee-related liabilities

 

3,147

 

316

 

3,464

 

3,059

 

352

 

3,411

/ Other non-financial liabilities

4,643

770

5,413

4,839

957

5,796

Other employee-related liabilities as % of / other non-financial liabilities

 

68

 

41

 

64

 

63

 

37

 

59

Other employee-related liabilities mainly relate to obligations from bonuses and sales commissions, outstanding vacation, time credits accumulated in the working time account, employee-related social security expenses, severance payments outside restructuring programs, and jubilee expenses.

We have reclassified our employee-related provisions mainly consisting of time credits accumulated in the working time account, severance payments outside restructuring programs, and jubilee expenses from other provisions to other non-financial liabilities. Prior-year amounts (December 31, 2019: €21 million (current) and €143 million (non-current)) have been reclassified accordingly. We believe that a classification as Other non-financial liabilities reflects the substance of these liabilities more appropriately than a classification under Other provisions.