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LABOR COSTS (Included Cost of sales and Selling, General and Administrative expenses) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Labor Costs [Abstract] |
LABOR COSTS (Included Cost of sales and Selling, General and Administrative expenses) | LABOR COSTS (Included Cost of sales and Selling, General and Administrative expenses)
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Wages, salaries and social security costs |  | 677,541 |  |  | 759,678 |  |  | 884,536 |
Termination benefits |  | 25,265 |  |  | 28,269 |  |  | 26,601 |
Post-employment benefits (Note 20 (i)) |  | 36,093 |  |  | 39,086 |  |  | 29,862 |
Labor costs |  | 738,899 |  |  | 827,033 |  |  | 940,999 |
As of December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the quantity of employees was 20,173, 19,863 and 20,660, respectively.

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