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Staff costs and Directors' remuneration
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
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Staff costs and Directors' remuneration
4. Staff costs and Directors’ remuneration
Staff costs and average number of employees
 
Staff costs
         
        2022
$m
    
    
     
        2021
$m
    
    
     
        2020
$m
  
Wages and salaries
           
 
1,604
 
           
 
1,315
 
           
 
1,233
 
Social security costs
           
 
117
 
           
 
86
 
           
 
86
 
Pension and other post-retirement benefits:
           
 
 
 
           
 
 
 
           
 
 
 
Defined benefit plans (note 26)
           
 
2
 
           
 
2
 
           
 
3
 
Defined contribution plans
           
 
53
 
           
 
41
 
           
 
36
 
 
           
 
1,776
 
           
 
1,444
 
           
 
1,358
 
             
Analysed as:
           
 
 
 
           
 
 
 
           
 
 
 
Costs borne by IHG
a
          
 
646
 
           
 
569
 
           
 
500
 
Costs borne by the System Fund
b
          
 
341
 
           
 
304
 
           
 
242
 
Costs reimbursed
           
 
789
 
           
 
571
 
           
 
616
 
 
           
 
1,776
 
           
 
1,444
 
           
 
1,358
 
 
a
 
In 2022, includes $1m classified as exceptional relating to the costs of ceasing operations in Russia. In 2020, included $27m classified as exceptional relating to reorganisation programmes.
 
b
 
In 2020, included $20m relating to the 2020 corporate reorganisation programme.
Staff costs are presented net of government support income of $5m (2021: $23m, 2020: $36m). $nil (2021: $12m, 2020: $28m) relates principally to employee costs at certain of the Group’s leased hotels and $5m (2021: $11m, 2020: $8m) relates to support received in the form of tax credits which relate to the Group’s corporate office presence in certain countries. There are no unfulfilled conditions or other contingencies attached to these grants.
 
Monthly average number of employees, including part-time employees
  
    
     
        2022
    
    
     
        2021
    
    
     
        2020
  
Employees whose costs are borne by IHG:
           
 
 
 
           
 
 
 
           
 
 
 
Americas
           
 
1,556
 
           
 
1,481
 
           
 
1,931
 
EMEAA
           
 
3,711
 
           
 
2,808
 
           
 
4,088
 
Greater China
           
 
336
 
           
 
299
 
           
 
314
 
Central
           
 
1,444
 
           
 
1,425
 
           
 
1,813
 
 
           
 
7,047
 
           
 
6,013
 
           
 
8,146
 
Employees whose costs are borne by the System Fund
           
 
5,655
 
           
 
4,508
 
           
 
4,686
 
Employees whose costs are reimbursed
           
 
13,178
 
           
 
11,807
 
           
 
15,980
 
 
           
 
25,880
 
           
 
22,328
 
           
 
28,812
 
Directors’ remuneration    
 
     
     
     
      2022
$m
     
     
     
      2021
$m
     
     
     
      2020
$m
  
Base salaries, fees, annual performance payments and benefits
            
 
7.9
 
            
 
8.4
 
            
 
4.2
 
 
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More detailed information on the remuneration including pensions, share awards and shareholdings for each Director is shown in the Directors’ Remuneration Report on pages 127 and 134. In addition, amounts received or receivable under long-term incentive schemes are shown on page 127.