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Employee Benefits
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of employee benefits [text block] [Abstract]  
Employee Benefits
25.Employee Benefits:

(a)Provisions for personnel benefits and payroll:

   2019   2020 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Short-term personnel benefits (a.2)   51,051    43,941 
Vacation accrual (a.3)   27,609    33,993 
Employee defined benefit plan (a.1)(*)   7,566    7,581 
Other Benefits   22,849    25,728 
Total   109,075    111,243 

(*)See Note No. 2 (x) (iii).

(a.1)Employee defined benefit plan:

   2019   2020 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Current service cost   101    367 
Interest cost on benefit obligation   222    160 
Actuarial gains and losses   247    91 
Net benefit expense   570    618 

The net benefit expense is recognized under “Personnel Expenses” (Note No. 34).


The principal assumptions used in determining pension obligations for the Bank’s plan are shown below:


   December 31,   December 31, 
   2019   2020 
   %   % 
Discount rate   3.17    2.31 
Annual salary increase   4.42    4.04 
Payment probability   99.99    99.99 

The most recent actuarial valuation of the staff severance indemnities provision was carried out during December 2020.


Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation are as follows:


   2019   2020 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Opening defined benefit obligation, January 1,   7,754    7,566 
Increase in provision   323    527 
Benefits paid   (758)   (603)
Actuarial gains and losses   247    91 
Closing defined benefit obligation   7,566    7,581 

(a.2)The following table details the changes in provisions for incentive plans during 2019 and 2020:

   2019   2020 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Balances as of January 1,   47,797    51,051 
Provisions established   45,792    34,138 
Provisions used   (42,538)   (41,248)
Provisions released        
Balances as of December 31,   51,051    43,941 

(a.3)The following table details the changes in provisions for vacation during 2019 and 2020:

   2019   2020 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Balances as of January 1,   26,855    27,609 
Provisions established   7,257    11,512 
Provisions used   (6,503)   (5,128)
Provisions released        
Balances as of December 31,   27,609    33,993 

(b)Provisions for share-based employee benefits:

As of December 31, 2019 and 2020, the Bank and its subsidiaries did not have a stock-based compensation plans.