5. Employee information
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All figures in £ millions |
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Employee benefit expense |
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Wages and salaries (including termination costs) |
1,567 | 1,661 | 1,507 | |||||||||||||
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Social security costs |
130 | 124 | 124 | |||||||||||||
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Share-based payment costs |
26 | 33 | 22 | 26 | ||||||||||||
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Retirement benefits – defined contribution plans |
25 | 57 | 67 | 66 | ||||||||||||
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Retirement benefits – defined benefit plans |
25 | 19 | 16 | 19 | ||||||||||||
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Other post-retirement medical benefits |
25 | (1 | ) | (2 | ) | — | ||||||||||
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Total |
1,805 | 1,888 | 1,742 | |||||||||||||
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The details of the emoluments of the Directors of Pearson plc are shown in the report on Directors’ remuneration.
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Average number employed |
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Employee numbers |
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North America |
16,295 | 16,841 | 19,951 | |||||||||
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Core |
5,291 | 5,664 | 5,936 | |||||||||
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Growth |
8,268 | 9,868 | 11,114 | |||||||||
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Other |
485 | 346 | 264 | |||||||||
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Total |
30,339 | 32,719 | 37,265 | |||||||||
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The employee benefit expense relating to discontinued operations was £nil (2016: £nil, 2015: £132m) and the average number employed was nil (2016: nil, 2015: 2,282).