Accrued Payroll and Employee Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Payroll and Employee Benefits

Accrued Payroll and Employee Benefits

The components of our accrued payroll and employee benefits are as follows: 

	March 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
	(In thousands)
Accrued payroll	$	156	$	1,131
Accrued benefits	1,672		1,685
Accrued severance	1,632		1,440
Total accrued payroll and employee benefits	$	3,460	$	4,256

In the three months ended March 31, 2017, we recorded $1.2 million of expense for severance and severance-related benefits for involuntary terminations, and we paid severance and severance-related benefits of $1.0 million. In the three months ended March 31, 2016, we reduced severance expense by $176 thousand, and we paid severance and severance-related benefits of $1.6 million.