Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 379

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 379
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,176 | 1,218 |
| US                                 |                             4,113 |  3,973 |  3,655 |                                     311 |    58 |     — |
| Mongolia                           |                             4,962 |  4,700 |  4,175 |                                       – |     — |     — |
| South America                      |                               449 |    389 |    286 |                                   1,497 | 1,414 | 1,383 |
| India                              |                             1,183 |    611 |    396 |                                       – |     — |     — |
| Singapore                          |                               486 |    469 |    454 |                                       – |     – |     – |
| Other countries(a)                 |                               305 |    305 |    289 |                                       – |     – |     – |
| Total                              |                            55,561 | 53,771 | 50,421 |                                   4,033 | 3,403 | 3,305 |

(a) “Other countries” primarily includes employees in the Middle East (excluding Oman which is included in Africa), and other countries in Asia which are not shown separately in the

table above.

Employee numbers, which represent the average for the year, include 100% of employees of subsidiary companies. Employee numbers for joint

operations and equity accounted units are proportional to the Group’s interest under contractual agreements. Average employee numbers

include a part-year effect for companies acquired or disposed of during the year.

Part-time employees are included on a full-time-equivalent basis. Temporary employees are included in employee numbers.

People employed by contractors are not included. 26 Employment costs and provisions

|                                                         | Note | 2024US$m | 2023US$m | 2022US$m |
| Total employment costs                                  |      |          |          |          |
| – Wages and salaries                                    |      |    6,004 |    5,625 |    5,115 |
| – Social security costs                                 |      |      461 |      470 |      425 |
| – Net post-retirement charge                            |   28 |      605 |      449 |      559 |
| – Share-based payment charge                            |   27 |      172 |      144 |      122 |
|                                                         |      |    7,242 |    6,688 |    6,