Employer's Social Security Expenditures: Direct payments by employer to em[ployees regarded as social security benefits
Interviewer instructions
For this item (Direct payments) of labor cost, please report the corresponding amount for the whole year of 1998, excluding centavos.
Description
Definition
These refer to payments in respect of absence from work due to sickness, maternity or employment injury, etc. to compensate for loss of earnings given by employer directly to the employees.