The average number of people employed by the Parent Company and the companies consolidated through full consolidation in 2013 and 2012 broken down by
professional categories was as follows:
2013
2012
Group's general management
8
9
Department Managers and Heads
1,078
1,378
Technical staff
922
1,000
Sales representatives
408
552
Administrative staff
335
478
Rest of workforce
10,643
10,378
13,394
13,795
The breakdown by sex and professional categories of the workforce at 31 December 2013 and 2012 was as follows:
31-12-2013
31-12-2012
Males
Females
Males
Females
Group's general management
7
1
9
-
Department Managers and Heads
688
391
742
617
Technical staff
427
331
761
244
Sales representatives
169
501
146
393
Administrative staff
93
191
144
314
Rest of workforce
6,313
3,520
5,837
3,997
7,697
4,936
7,639
5,565
The reduction in the average number of employees was aimed at adapting the staff to the Group’s activity, basically in Spain and Italy.
The average number of people suffering from a disability equivalent to or greater than 33% directly employed by the Parent Company and the companies consolidated
through full consolidation in 2013 and broken down by professional categories was as follows:
2013
2012
Department Managers and Heads
2
2
Technical staff
5
3
Rest of workforce
23
33
30
38
The average age of the Group’s workforce was approximately 38 years and average seniority in the Group amounted to 8.8 years.
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Other operating expenses
The detail of “Other Operating Expenses” of the consolidated statement of comprehensive income for 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
Thousand euros
2013
2012
Rents
273,928
282,434
External services
449,113
408,443
Allowances for contingency and expense provisions
(1,896)
5,491
721,145
696,368
In 2013 and 2012, the fees for auditing of accounts and other services provided by the Group’s auditors, Deloitte, S.L. and other companies linked to the auditor through
controlling interests, common ownership or management, as well as by the auditing firms of the different companies that comprise Grupo NHHoteles are booked in this
item, were as follows:
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