Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Employee Benefit Plans

Employee Benefit Plans

(9)    Employee Benefit Plans

The Company has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (Pension Plan) that covers most employees with at least one year of service.  Effective December 31, 2008, under approved changes to the Pension Plan, there were no further accruals of benefits for any participants and benefits will not increase with any additional years of service.  Net periodic benefit cost, subsequent to December 31, 2008, has not been significant and is not disclosed in the table below. 

The Company also sponsors a Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (SERP), a noncontributory supplemental retirement benefit plan, which covers certain current and former employees of the Company for amounts in addition to those provided under the Pension Plan.

The components of net periodic benefit cost were as follows:

	SERP
	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2020		2019
Net periodic benefit cost for the period:
Service cost	$	22	$	25
Interest cost		43		41
Expected return on plan assets		—		—
Amortization of prior service cost		—		—
Recognized actuarial loss		—		—
Recognized curtailment loss		—		—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	65	$	66

The service cost component of net periodic benefit cost is included with salaries and employee benefits in the consolidated statements of income.  The other components of net periodic benefit cost are included in other general and administrative expenses.