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Percentage employer matches of first tier of the employee's percentage contribution.

No definition available.

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Percentage employer matches of second tier of the employee's percentage contribution.

No definition available.

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Second tier of percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Employee stock purchase plan, maximum percentage of purchase an employee can make on eligible compensation.

No definition available.

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Employee stock purchase plan, percentage of purchase price from market value.

No definition available.

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Amount of expense for salary, wage, profit sharing; incentive and equity-based compensation; and other employee benefit. Other employee benefit expense includes, but is not limited to, service component of net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit plan. Excludes compensation cost in cost of good and service sold.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03(b)(4))
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Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Maximum amount the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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This item represents the number of shares provided to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) during the period.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109244661&loc=d3e17540-113929