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GUARDIAN MEDIA LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSFOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018(Expressed in Thousands of Trinidad and Tobago Dollars, except where otherwise stated)(Continued)2. Signifcant accounting policies (continued)ix) Employee beneftsThe Group operates pension plans with defned contribution, defned beneft or hybrid schemes for all eligible full time employees of the Group. The pension plans are governed by the relevant trustee rules and are generally funded by payments from employees and by the relevant Group companies, taking account of the rules of the pension plans and recommendations of independent qualifed actuaries.Defned contribution plansA defned contribution plan is a pension plan under which the group pays fxed contributions into a separate entity. The Group has no legal or constructive obligations to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufcient assets to pay all employees the benefts relating to employee service in the current and prior periods. The Group has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid. The contributions are recognised as employee beneft expense when they are due.Defned beneft plansA defned beneft plan is a pension plan that is not a defned contribution plan. The pension accounting costs for the plans are assessed using the projected unit credit method. Remeasurements, comprising of actuarial gains and losses, the efect of the asset ceiling, excluding net interest (not applicable to the Group) and the return on plan assets (excluding net interest), are recognised immediately in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position with a corresponding debit or credit to retained earnings through other comprehensive income in the period in which they occur. Re-measurements are not reclassifed to proft or loss in subsequent periods. The maximum economic benefts available, as limited by the asset ceiling will crystallise in the form of reductions in future contributions.Past service costs are recognised in proft or loss on the earlier of:%u2022 The date of the plan amendment or curtailment, and%u2022 The date that the Group recognises restructuring-related costsFINANCIAL REPORT 61