Multiemployer Plans, Contributions By Employer, Percent

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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Amount of contribution received by multiemployer pension plan from all employers participating in multiemployer pension plan determined to be individually significant.

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Indicates whether employer paid surcharge to multiemployer pension plan determined to be individually significant. Acceptable values are "No", "Yes" and "NA".

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items]
Plan contributions	$ 11,097		$ 14,160		$ 13,433
Employee contribution limit per calendar year	15.00%
Employer matching contribution, percent of match	100.00%		100.00%
Percentage of eligible compensation matched by employer	4.00%		4.00%
Matching contribution	$ 1,700		$ 1,600		1,100
Pension Plan
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items]
Multiemployer plans, surcharge	No
Plan contributions	$ 2,480	$ 291,300	3,103	$ 290,100	3,017	$ 272,300
Multiemployer plans, contributions by employer, percent	5.00%
Health Plan
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items]
Plan contributions	$ 7,688	$ 1,600,000	9,949	$ 1,500,000	9,310	$ 1,400,000
Multiemployer plans, contributions by employer, percent	5.00%
Other plans
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items]
Plan contributions	$ 929		$ 1,108		$ 1,106