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Employment costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Disclosure Of Employee Cost Explanatory [Abstract] |
Summary of employment costs |
| Note | 2019 US$m |  | 2018 US$m |  | 2017 US$m |
Total employment costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |
– Wages and salaries |  | 3,923 |  | 4,154 |  | 4,129 |
– Social security costs |  | 328 |  | 336 |  | 337 |
– Net post-retirement charge | 44 | 384 |  | 532 |  | 500 |
– Share-based payment charge | 43 | 123 |  | 122 |  | 91 |
|  | 4,758 |  | 5,144 |  | 5,057 |
Less: charged within provisions (a) | 26 | (236 | ) | (416 | ) | (292 | )
Total employment costs | 4 | 4,522 |  | 4,728 |  | 4,765 |
(a) | Amounts included above relate to provisions for pensions, post-retirement healthcare, long service leave and other employee entitlements. These are included in “Provisions (including exchange differences on provisions)” in note 4.

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