Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Employee Benefit Plans

We maintain a 401(k) plan for our eligible employees. We make matching contributions of 50% of the employee salary deferral contributions up to six percent of eligible compensation and may also make annual discretionary contributions. A discretionary contribution was declared at the end of 2016, 2015 and 2014. The total expense recognized for this plan was $2.2 million, $2.5 million and $2.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

We make contributions to a contributory health and welfare plan as necessary to fund claims not covered by employee contributions. The total expense we recognized related to this plan was $4.7 million, $6.0 million and $7.0 million for 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. These expense amounts include estimates based upon the historical experience of claims incurred but not reported as of year-end.