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Employee Benefit Plans
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 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 June 30 were as follows:
In millions
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
International Pension Benefits
 
Total Pension Benefits
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Net service cost
$

 
$

 
$
1

 
$
2

 
$
1

 
$
2

Interest cost
17

 
15

 
5

 
6

 
22

 
21

Expected return on plan assets
(12
)
 
(11
)
 
(7
)
 
(8
)
 
(19
)
 
(19
)
Net periodic benefit cost (income)
$
5

 
$
4

 
$
(1
)
 
$

 
$
4

 
$
4



Components of net periodic benefit cost (income) of the pension plans for the six months ended June 30 were as follows:
In millions
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
International Pension Benefits
 
Total Pension Benefits
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Net service cost
$

 
$

 
$
3

 
$
4

 
$
3

 
$
4

Interest cost
33

 
30

 
10

 
11

 
43

 
41

Expected return on plan assets
(22
)
 
(22
)
 
(15
)
 
(16
)
 
(37
)
 
(38
)
Net periodic benefit cost (income)
$
11

 
$
8

 
$
(2
)
 
$
(1
)
 
$
9

 
$
7



The benefit from the postretirement plan for the following periods were:
In millions
Three months ended June 30
 
Six months ended June 30
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Prior service benefit
$
(1
)
 
$
(2
)
 
$
(2
)
 
$
(3
)
   Actuarial loss

 
1

 

 
1

Net postretirement benefit
$
(1
)
 
$
(1
)
 
$
(2
)
 
$
(2
)


The net cost of the postemployment plan for the following periods were:
 
Three months ended June 30
 
Six months ended June 30
In millions
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Net service cost
$
5

 
$
9

 
$
19

 
$
19

Interest cost
1

 
1

 
2

 
2

Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Prior service benefit
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
   Actuarial gain

 

 
(1
)
 

Net benefit cost
$
5

 
$
9

 
$
18

 
$
19



Employer Contributions

Pension For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, NCR contributed $5 million and $11 million, respectively, to its international pension plans. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $17 million to its international pension plans for a total of $28 million in 2019.

Postretirement For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, NCR contributed zero and $1 million of contributions, respectively, 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 and six months ended June 30, 2019, NCR contributed $8 million and $22 million, respectively, to its postemployment plans. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $8 million to its postemployment plans for a total of $30 million in 2019.