2019 UEM Edgenta Annual Report

187 UEM EDGENTA AT A GLANCE MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADERSHIP STRATEGIC FOCUS OPERATIONAL REVIEW SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INTRODUCTION FINANCIAL REVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2019 UEM Edgenta Berhad Annual Report 2019 8. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EXPENSE Group Company 2019 RM’000 2018 RM’000 2019 RM’000 2018 RM’000 Wages and salaries 660,822 581,246 56,142 41,292 Contributions to statutory Employees Provident Fund (“EPF”) 61,368 54,174 5,830 4,930 Social security contributions 3,029 2,951 354 324 Defined retirement benefit obligations (Note 26) 231 273 - - Decrease in liability for defined benefit pension plan (Note 27) (725) (29) - - Employees’ service entitlements (Note 28(a)) 530 532 - - Other benefits 131,627 112,195 9,258 8,125 Total employee benefits recognised in profit or loss (Note 7) 856,882 751,342 71,584 54,671 Included in employee benefits expense of the Group and of the Company are executive directors’ remuneration excluding benefits-in-kind amounting to RM1.8 million (2018: RM1.3 million) as further disclosed in Note 9.