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WORKERS' PARTICIPATION: (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
WORKERS' PARTICIPATION: |
Schedule of workers' participation expense | Workers’ participation expense for the three years ended December 31, 2023 was as follows (in millions): ​
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​ |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Current | ​ | $ | 265.0 | ​ | $ | 347.2 | ​ | $ | 344.5
Deferred | ​ |  | (11.8) | ​ |  | 29.1 | ​ |  | (72.8)
​ | ​ | $ | 253.2 | ​ | $ | 376.3 | ​ | $ | 271.7
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of worker's participation expense which is allocated to cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation, amortization and depletion) and to selling, general and administrative in the consolidated statement of earnings, proportional to the number of workers in the production and administrative areas, respectively. + References No definition available. + Details
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