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Employee Benefit Plans
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS 8. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

Components of net periodic benefit cost (income) of the pension plans for the three months ended March 31 were as follows:
In millions
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
International Pension Benefits
 
Total Pension Benefits
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Net service cost
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
2

 
$
2

 
$
2

 
$
2

Interest cost
16

 
15

 
5

 
5

 
21

 
20

Expected return on plan assets
(10
)
 
(11
)
 
(8
)
 
(8
)
 
(18
)
 
(19
)
Net periodic benefit cost (income)
$
6

 
$
4

 
$
(1
)
 
$
(1
)
 
$
5

 
$
3




The benefit from the postretirement plan for the following periods were:
 
Three months ended March 31
2019
 
2018
Interest cost
$
—

 
$
—

Amortization of:
 
 
 
   Prior service benefit
(1
)
 
(1
)
Net postretirement benefit
$
(1
)
 
$
(1
)


The net cost of the postemployment plan for the following periods were:
 
Three months ended March 31
In millions
2019
 
2018
Net service cost
$
14

 
$
10

Interest cost
1

 
1

Amortization of:
 
 
 
   Prior service benefit
(1
)
 
(1
)
   Actuarial gain
(1
)
 
—

Net benefit cost
$
13

 
$
10



Employer Contributions

Pension For the three months ended March 31, 2019, NCR contributed $6 million to its international pension plans. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $22 million to its international pension plans for a total of $28 million in 2019.

Postretirement For the three months ended March 31, 2019, NCR contributed $1 million to its U.S. postretirement plan. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $1 million to its U.S. postretirement plan for a total of $2 million in 2019.

Postemployment For the three months ended March 31, 2019, NCR contributed $14 million to its postemployment plans. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $16 million to its postemployment plans for a total of $30 million in 2019.