6. Employee Information
Group staff costs during the year amounted to:
2021 | 2020 | |
€’000 | €’000 | |
Wages and salaries | 121,847 | 122,753 |
Social welfare costs | 12,029 | 12,586 |
Pension costs and life assurance | 15,885 | 14,456 |
149,761 | 149,795 |
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 | |||
2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |
RTÉ Group | 1,871 | 1,866 | 1,755 | 1,758 |
The average annual number of full-time, part-time and casual employees during the year was:
2021 | 2020 | |
Average full-time employees | 1,651 | 1,616 |
Average part-time employees | 152 | 167 |
Average casual employees | 76 | 96 |
RTÉ Group | 1,879 | 1,879 |