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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

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

No definition available.

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

No definition available.

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Represents the percentage of eligible pay provided as additional annual pay credits under cash balance plan depending on the employees' age and service for the participants in the plan on July 1, 2004.

No definition available.

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Represents the period for which employees' are eligible for additional annual pay credits under cash balance plan.

No definition available.

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Represents the percentage of eligible pay provided as annual pay credits under cash balance plan.

No definition available.

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Percentage of non-discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Total employer match and nondiscretionary percentage of employee's pay.

No definition available.

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Represents the transition period for which company contributions can vary.

No definition available.

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