Notes and accounting principles

5. Employees and employee benefits expense

Average number of employees 2010 Men, % 2009 Men, %
Parent company
Sweden 920 81 930 80
Other countries 4 100 3 100
Parent company total 924 81 933 80
 
Average number of employees 2010 Men, % 2009 Men, %
Subsidiaries
Sweden 1 102 85 1 097 85
Germany 15 33 15 33
Netherlands 6 17 6 17
France 11 36 9 44
Italy 10 40 9 44
Spain 10 30 8 38
United Kingdom 149 91 145 91
China 6 33 6 50
Lithuania 5 20 4 25
Latvia 2 50
Subsidiaries total 1 316 83 1 299 83
Group total 2 240 82 2 232 82
Group Parent company
Employee benefits expense 2010 2009 2010 2009
SEKm
Salaries and other remuneration
Board, CEO and management teams 1) 63 67 27 31
of which, variable remuneration 10 9 5 6
Other employees 915 922 398 397
of which, variable remuneration 48 58 23 26
Total salaries and other remuneration 978 989 425 428
Group Parent company
Social security costs 2010 2009 2010 2009
Contractual pensions to CEO and management teams1)
Defined-benefit pensions 2 2 1 2
Defined-contribution pensions 11 11 4 4
Contractual pensions, other
Defined-benefit pensions 14 13 9 12
Defined-contribution pensions 61 58 26 18
Other social security costs 311 307 143 140
Total social security costs 399 391 183 176
Total employee benefits expense 1 377 1 380 608 604
1) For the Group, CEO includes all staff with the chief executive role in any Group company. Board includes the members of all boards of Group companies. Management teams includes all management teams in Group companies. In total, CEOs, Boards and management teams comprise 84 (86) people.
Sick leave in parent company, % 2010 2009
Total sick leave as proportion of normal working hours 3.3 3.0
Proportion of total sick leave that is contiguous 60 days or more 43 40
 
Sick leave in parent company as proportion of each category’s normal working hours, %
Sick leave by sex:
Men 3.0 2.6
Women 4.2 4.4
Sick leave by age:
29 or younger 2.0 2.6
30–49 3.0 2.5
50 or older 3.7 3.7
Number of women in management positions, % 2010 2009
Group
Boards 12 14
CEO and management teams 12 14
Parent company
Board 18 25
CEO and management teams 12 17

For information about the benefits of senior executives in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act, see note 24.