HUANENG POWER INTERNATIONAL INC | CIK:0000929058 | 3

  • Filed: 4/12/2018
  • Entity registrant name: HUANENG POWER INTERNATIONAL INC (CIK: 0000929058)
  • Generator: Unknown
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  • ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForEmployeeBenefitsExplanatory

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    Employee benefits

    Employee benefits include all expenditures relating to the employees for their services. The Company and its subsidiaries recognize employee benefits as liabilities during the accounting period when employees render services and allocate to related cost of assets and expenses based on different beneficiaries.
     
    In connection with pension obligations, the Company and its subsidiaries operate various defined contribution plans in accordance with the local conditions and practices in the countries and provinces in which they operate. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company and its subsidiaries pay fixed contributions into a separate publicly administered pension insurance plan on mandatory and voluntary bases. The Company and its subsidiaries have no legal or constructive obligations to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods. The contributions are recognized as employee benefit when incurred. Prepaid contributions are recognized as assets to the extent that a cash refund or a reduction in the future payment is available.