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Post Employment Benefit Obligations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS  
Post Employment Benefit Obligations

26.  POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS.

26.1 General information:

Enel Chile and certain subsidiaries granted various post-employment benefits to either all or certain active or retired employees. These benefits are calculated and recognized in the financial statements according to the criteria described in Note 3.m.1, and include primarily the following:

Defined benefit plans:

Employee severance indemnities: The beneficiary receives a certain number of contractual salaries on the date of his retirement. This benefit becomes enforceable once the employee has provided services for a minimum period that, depending on the company, ranges from 5 to 15 years.
Complementary pension: The beneficiary is entitled to receive a monthly amount that supplements the pension obtained from the respective social security system.
Electricity supply: The beneficiary receives a monthly bonus, which covers a part of the billing for their home consumption.
Healthcare benefits: The beneficiary receives additional coverage that supplements the coverage provided by the social security regime.

26.2 Details, changes and presentation in financial statements:

a)The post-employment obligations associated with defined benefits plans and the related plan assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, are as follows:

    

12-31-2022

    

12-31-2021

ThCh$

ThCh$

Employee severance indemnities

42,264,281

39,469,461

Complementary Pension

14,971,439

14,349,089

Health Plans

2,545,406

2,459,163

Energy Supply Plans

2,918,289

2,673,873

Total post-employment obligations, net

62,699,415

58,951,586

b)The following amounts were recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:

For the years ended December 31, 

Expense Recognized in

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Comprehensive Income

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

Cost of current defined benefit plan service

(1,362,838)

(1,099,554)

(2,132,231)

Defined benefit plan interest cost (1)

(3,072,155)

(1,818,983)

(2,146,386)

Past service cost

(31,456)

Expenses recognized in Profit or Loss

(4,466,449)

(2,918,537)

(4,278,617)

Gains (losses) from remeasurement of defined benefit plans

(7,304,757)

12,547,898

(8,545,834)

Total expense recognized in the Statement of Comprehensive Income

(11,771,206)

9,629,361

(12,824,451)

(1) See Note 34

c)The balance and movements in post-employment defined benefit obligations as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, are as follows:

Actuarial Value of Post-employment Obligations

    

ThCh$

Balance as of January 1, 2021

75,538,265

Current service cost

1,099,554

Interest cost

1,818,983

Actuarial (gains) losses from changes in financial assumptions

(14,628,751)

Actuarial (gains) losses from changes in experience adjustments

2,080,853

Foreign currency translation

141,342

Contributions paid

(7,265,904)

Transfer of employees

167,244

Balance as of December 31, 2021

58,951,586

Current service cost

1,362,838

Interest cost

3,072,155

Actuarial (gains) losses from changes in financial assumptions

749,038

Actuarial (gains) losses from changes in experience adjustments

6,555,719

Foreign currency translation

1,274

Past service cost of defined benefit plan obligation

31,456

Decreases to be classified as held for sale (1)

(1,440,044)

Contributions paid

(6,890,911)

Transfer of employees

306,304

Closing balance December 31, 2022

62,699,415

(1)See Note 5.

26.3 Other disclosures:

Actuarial assumptions:

December 31, 2022 and 2021, the following assumptions were used in the actuarial calculation of defined benefit plans:

    

12-31-2022

    

12-31-2021

Discount rates used

5.40%

5.60%

Expected rate of salary increases

3.80%

3.80%

Turnover rate

6.50%

6.90%

Mortality tables

CB-H-2014 and RV-M-2014

CB-H-2014 and RV-M-2014

Sensitivity:

As of December 31, 2022, the sensitivity of the value of the actuarial liability for post-employment benefits to variations of 100 basis points in the discount rate assumes a decrease of ThCh$3,962,426 (ThCh$3,746,630 as of December 31, 2021) if the rate rises and an increase of ThCh$4,395,042 (ThCh$4,085,134 as of December 31, 2021) if the rate falls.

Defined contribution:

According to the available estimate, the disbursements foreseen to cover the defined benefit plans for 2022 amount to ThCh$7,299,923.

Length of commitments

Enel Chile´s obligations have a weighted average length of 7.04 years and the outflows of benefits for the next 10 years is expected to be as follows:

Years

    

ThCh$

1

7,299,923

2

6,126,642

3

6,040,121

4

5,747,857

5

5,647,068

6 to 10

27,966,288