Note 24 Employee benefit expenses

The staff costs relating to pensions, reorganisations and other long-term employee benefits were as follows:

Employee benefit expenses for pensions, reorganisation and other long-term employee benefits

Clarification of the reorganisation costs is included in note 15 on provisions for employee benefits. For further details of the other long-term employee benefits, please refer to the disclosures in note 15. External staff costs amounted to €213 million (2022: €157 million) and related to contract staff for specific projects and to fill vacancies. The number of staff employed by Alliander, based on a 38-hour working week (FTEs) was 6,686.

Number of permanent staff (FTEs)

WNT

On 1 January 2013 the Act on the Standardisation of Remuneration of Senior Executives in the Public and Semi-Public Sector (WNT) came into operation. The act lays down rules governing the maximum remuneration of senior executives in the public and semi-public sector. The amount is set annually by a ministerial ruling.

WNT reporting

Alliander is not governed by the Public and Semi-Public Sector Executives Pay (Standards) Act (WNT), but Liander N.V. is. The WNT requires companies to report on the remuneration of current and former senior executives. The annual report of the network operator, which is to be published in the second quarter of 2024, will contain disclosures on the WNT requirements.

Remuneration of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board

The Remuneration Report covers the remuneration policy, its implementation and the remuneration of the members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board (key management). The Remuneration Report can be found in the Corporate Governance chapter of our 2023 annual report. The following tables disclose the remuneration of the members of the Management Board. The remuneration of the Management Board amounted to €1.16 million in 2023 (2022: €1.15 million). The remuneration of the Supervisory Board amounted to €0.12 million in 2023 (2022: €0.12 million).

Total gross annual remuneration chargeable to the financial year

The fixed salary concerns the actual amount paid each year; it does not include amounts set aside for other forms of remuneration.

Pension contributions

Social security contributions and other benefits

In addition to the social security contributions that are normally paid by the company, Management Board members are entitled to an employer’s contribution towards the premium for the group health insurance plan, contributions to the ‘personal budget’ scheme and the use of a car provided by the company.

Remuneration of the Supervisory Board

• 1Appointed as of 19 April 2023.
• 2Stepped down as of 19 April 2023.