Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS:

Unions’ Multiemployer Pension Plans

Quanta contributes to a number of multiemployer defined benefit pension plans under the terms of collective bargaining agreements with various unions that represent certain of Quanta’s employees. Approximately 35% of our employees at December 31, 2019 were covered by collective bargaining agreements. Quanta’s multiemployer pension plan contribution rates generally are specified in the collective bargaining agreements (usually on an annual basis), and contributions are made to the plans on a “pay-as-you-go” basis based on its union employee payrolls. Quanta may also have additional liabilities imposed by law as a result of its participation in multiemployer defined benefit pension plans. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended by the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, imposes certain liabilities upon an employer who is a contributor to a multiemployer pension plan if the employer withdraws or is deemed to have withdrawn from the plan or the plan is terminated or experiences a mass withdrawal.

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) also added special funding and operational rules generally applicable to plan years beginning after 2007 for multiemployer plans in the United States that are classified as “endangered,” “seriously endangered” or “critical” status based on multiple factors (including, for example, the plan’s funded percentage, cash flow position and whether it is projected to experience a minimum funding deficiency). Plans in these classifications must adopt measures to improve their funded status through a funding improvement or rehabilitation plan, as applicable, which may require additional contributions from employers (which may take the form of a surcharge on benefit contributions) and/or modifications to retiree benefits. Certain plans to which Quanta contributes or may contribute in the future are in “endangered,” “seriously endangered” or “critical” status. The amount of additional funds, if any, that Quanta may be obligated to contribute to these plans cannot be reasonably estimated due to uncertainty regarding the amount of future work involving covered union employees, future contribution levels and possible surcharges on plan contributions.

The following table summarizes plan information relating to Quanta’s participation in multiemployer defined benefit pension plans, including company contributions for the last three years, the status under the PPA of the plans and whether the plans are subject to a funding improvement or rehabilitation plan or contribution surcharges. The most recent PPA zone status available in 2019 and 2018 relates to the plans’ fiscal year-ends in 2018 and 2017. Forms 5500 were not yet available for the plan years ending in 2019. The PPA zone status is based on information that Quanta received from the respective plans, as well as publicly available information on the U.S. Department of Labor website, and is certified by the plan’s actuary. Although multiple factors or tests may result in red zone or yellow zone status, plans in the red zone generally are less than 65 percent funded, plans in the yellow zone

generally are less than 80 percent funded, and plans in the green zone generally are at least 80 percent funded. Under the PPA, red zone plans are classified as “critical” status, yellow zone plans are classified as “endangered” status and green zone plans are classified as neither “endangered” nor “critical” status. The “Subject to Financial Improvement/ Rehabilitation Plan” column indicates plans for which a financial improvement plan or a rehabilitation plan is either pending or has been implemented. The last column lists the expiration dates of Quanta’s collective-bargaining agreements to which the plans are subject. Total contributions to these plans correspond to the number of union employees employed at any given time and the plans in which they participate and vary depending upon the location and number of ongoing projects at a given time and the need for union resources in connection with such projects. Information has been presented separately for individually significant plans, based on PPA funding status classification, and in the aggregate for all other plans.

	Employee Identification Number/ Pension Plan Number	PPA Zone Status		Subject to Financial Improve- ment/ Reha- bilitation Plan	Contributions (in thousands)						Sur-charge Imposed	Expiration Date of Collective Bargaining Agreement
Fund		2019	2018		2019		2018		2017
National Electrical Benefit Fund	53-0181657-001	Green	Green	No	$	44,414	$	35,399	$	29,161	No	Varies through May 2022
Central Pension Fund of the IUOE & Participating Employers	36-6052390-001	Green	Green	No	11,638		9,246		12,176		No	Varies through December 2020
Pipeline Industry Pension Fund	73-6146433-001	Green	Green	No	9,376		10,132		13,585		No	Varies through May 2020
Excavators Union Local 731 Pension Fund	13-1809825-001	Green	N/A	No	6,697		—		—		No	April 2022
Eighth District Electrical Pension Fund	84-6100393-001	Green	Green	No	5,939		3,332		3,208		No	Varies through December 2020
Operating Engineers Local 324 Pension Fund	38-1900637-001	Red	Red	Yes	4,315		2,310		1,969		Yes	Varies through December 2020
Local 697 IBEW and Electrical Industry Pension Fund	51-6133048-001	Green	Green	No	3,717		2,656		1,127		No	May 2020
Teamsters National Pipe Line Pension Plan	46-1102851-001	Green	Green	No	3,039		3,318		3,602		No	Varies through December 2020
Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Northern California	94-6277608-001	Green	Yellow	Yes	2,823		3,652		3,387		Yes	Varies through May 2020
Locals 302 & 612 of the IUOE-Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan	91-6028571-001	Green	Green	No	2,392		2,620		2,194		No	May 2021
Laborers National Pension Fund	75-1280827-001	Red	Red	Yes	1,910		2,051		3,049		Yes	Varies through December 2020
West Virginia Laborers Pension Trust Fund	55-6026775-001	Green	Green	No	1,693		3,321		509		No	May 2020
Michigan Laborers’ Pension Plan	38-6233976-001	Yellow	Yellow	No	1,491		1,061		—		No	May 2020
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 132 Pension Fund	55-6015364-001	Green	Green	No	1,289		3,367		222		No	May 2020
Laborers District Council of W PA Pension Fund	25-6135576-001	Yellow	Red	Yes	1,194		1,029		418		Yes	May 2020
Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund	52-6152779-001	Yellow	Yellow	No	1,162		2,734		1,273		No	Varies through March 2021
OE Pension Trust Fund	94-6090764-001	Yellow	Red	Yes	956		1,922		1,703		Yes	Varies through June 2020
Employer-Teamsters Local Nos 175 & 505 Pension Trust Fund	55-6021850-001	Red	Red	Yes	530		1,209		50		Yes	May 2020
Alaska Electrical Pension Plan	92-6005171-001	Green	Green	No	66		2,287		2,143		No	December 2019
All other plans - U.S.					23,105		26,027		21,029
All other plans - Canada (1)					6,451		8,518		9,277
Total contributions					$	134,197	$	126,191	$	110,082

⁽¹⁾  Multiemployer defined benefit pension plans in Canada are not subject to the reporting requirements under the PPA. Accordingly, certain information was not publicly available.

Quanta’s contributions to the following individually significant plans were five percent or more of the total contributions to these plans for the periods indicated based on the Forms 5500 for these plans for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. Forms 5500 were not yet available for these plans for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Pension Fund	Plan Years in which Quanta Contributions Were Five Percent or More of Total Plan Contributions
Pipeline Industry Pension Fund	2018 and 2017
Eighth District Electrical Pension Fund	2018 and 2017
Teamsters National Pipe Line Pension Plan	2018 and 2017
Local 697 I.B.E.W. and Electrical Industry Pension Fund	2018 and 2017
National Electrical Benefit Fund	2018 and 2017
West Virginia Laborers Pension Trust Fund	2018
I.B.E.W. Local 456 Pension Plan	2018
Local Union No. 9 I.B.E.W. and Outside Contractors Pension Fund	2018
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 132 Pension Fund	2018
Employer-Teamsters Local Nos 175 & 505 Pension Trust Fund	2018
Local Union 400 I.B.E.W. Pension Plan	2017
IBEW 648 Pension Plan	2017
Laborers Local 57 Industrial Pension Plan	2017

In addition to the contributions made to multiemployer defined benefit pension plans noted above, Quanta also contributed to multiemployer defined contribution or other benefit plans on behalf of certain union employees. Contributions to union multiemployer defined contribution or other benefit plans by Quanta were $201.3 million, $174.7 million and $171.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017. Total contributions made to all of these multiemployer plans for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 correspond to the number of union employees employed at any given time and the plans in which they participate and vary depending upon the location and number of ongoing projects at a given time and the need for union resources in connection with such projects.

Quanta 401(k) Plan

Quanta maintains a 401(k) plan pursuant to which employees who are not provided retirement benefits through a collective bargaining agreement may make contributions through a payroll deduction. Quanta makes matching cash contributions of 100% of each employee’s contribution up to 3% of that employee’s salary and 50% of each employee’s contribution between 3% and 6% of such employee’s salary, up to the maximum amount permitted by law. Contributions to the 401(k) plan by Quanta were $41.4 million, $33.4 million and $26.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

Deferred Compensation Plans

Quanta maintains nonqualified deferred compensation plans pursuant to which non-employee directors and certain key employees, independent contractors and consultants may defer receipt of some or all of their cash compensation and/or settlement of their stock-based awards, subject to certain limitations. These plans are unfunded and unsecured compensation arrangements. Individuals participating in these plans may allocate deferred cash amounts among a group of notional accounts that mirror the gains and losses of various investment alternatives. Generally, participants receive distributions of deferred balances based on predetermined payout schedules or other events.

The plan covering key employees provides for employer matching contributions for certain officers and employees whose benefits under the 401(k) plan are limited by federal tax law. Quanta may also make discretionary employer contributions to that plan. Matching contributions vest immediately, and discretionary employer contributions are subject to a vesting schedule determined at the time of the contribution, provided that vesting accelerates upon a change in control or the participant’s death or retirement. All matching and discretionary employer contributions, whether vested or not, are forfeited upon a participant’s termination of employment for cause or upon the participant engaging in competition with Quanta or any of its affiliates. 

Quanta made contributions to the eligible participants’ accounts under the deferred compensation plans of $1.1 million during each of the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, obligations under these plans, including amounts contributed by Quanta, were $47.3 million and $33.4 million and were included in “Insurance and other non-current liabilities” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Quanta maintains investments to provide for future obligations

related to these deferred compensation plans. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, these investments were primarily comprised of company-owned life insurance policies, had fair market values of $45.8 million and $33.5 million and were included in “Other assets, net” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.