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Wage costs
Definition
Wage costs include all expenses that a company must bear for the employment of an employee.
It is divided into :
- a direct cost, primarily composed of gross salaries plus various benefits (benefits in kind, profit-sharing and shares) ;
- an indirect cost formed mainly of legal and conventional employer contributions and various charges (professional training, transport costs, company welfare).
