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Compensation of employees
Compensation of employees is recorded when the employer (the producing unit) and the employee are resident in different economies. For the economy where the producing units are resident, compensation of employees is the total remuneration (including contributions paid by employers to social security schemes or to private insurance or pension funds), in cash or in kind, payable by resident enterprises to non-resident employees in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. For the economy where the individuals are resident, compensation is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, receivable by them from non-resident enterprises in return for work done during the accounting period. It is important to establish whether an employer-employee relationship exists; if not, the payment constitutes a purchase of services.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- IMF
Related concepts
Compensation of employees (D.1) is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period.
Compensation of employees is broken down into:
a) wages and salaries (D.11): wages and salaries in cash; wages and salaries in kind;
b) employers’ social contributions (D.12): employers’ actual social contributions (D.121); employers’ imputed social contributions (D.122).
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- EU
Related concepts
Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to the employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. In regional household accounts compensation of employees is calculated for regions according to the location of the household.
Compensation of employees is broken down into:
a) wages and salaries: wages and salaries in cash; wages and salaries in kind
b) employers' social contributions: employers actual social contributions; employers imputed social contributions.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- EU
Related concepts
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Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- EU
Related concepts
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