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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched for next 2% of each participant's salary contributed.

No definition available.

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a 50% matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a 100% matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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- References

No definition available.

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-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