7. Employee Information
Group staff costs during the year amounted to:
2020 | 2019 | |
€’000 | €’000 | |
Wages and salaries | 122,753 | 120,424 |
Social welfare costs | 12,586 | 11,264 |
Pension costs and life assurance | 14,456 | 13,779 |
149,795 | 145,467 |
The total number of full-time, part-time and casual employees of the Group at 31 December, and their full-time equivalent (FTE) were:
No. of employees | FTEs | |||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |
RTÉ Group | 1,866 | 1,831 | 1,758 | 1,714 |
The average annual number of full-time, part-time and casual employees during the year was:
2020 | 2019 | |
Average full-time employees | 1,616 | 1,588 |
Average part-time employees | 167 | 138 |
Average casual employees | 96 | 158 |
RTÉ Group | 1,879 | 1,884 |