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The percentage of the employees contribution to a defined contribution above the initial matching threshold that the employer will match,, as per terms of the plan.

No definition available.

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For a defined contribution plan, the duration of employment for employees to be eligible to receive matching contributions.

No definition available.

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For a defined contribution plan, eligible employee contributions for a first stated percentage amount, the percentage amount matched by the company for employer contribution as stated in the plan.

No definition available.

Name:	tpx_DefinedContributionPlanPercentageOfEligibleEmployeeContributionMatchFirstTier
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The percentage of the employees first contributions to a defined contribution plan that the employer will match dollar for dollar.

No definition available.

Name:	tpx_DefinedContributionPlanPercentageOfEligibleEmployeeContributionsMatchedFullyFirstTier
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Data Type:	num:percentItemType
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For a defined contribution plan, the maximum amount an eligible employee pay that may be contributed to the plan, stated as a percentage total pay within a period.

No definition available.

Name:	tpx_EligibleEmployeeContributionMaximum
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No definition available.

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942