Accrued Payroll and Benefit Costs (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

Accrued payroll and benefit costs consisted of the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Payroll and benefits	$	290,156	$	263,072
Employee deferred compensation plans	371,898		333,528
Workers’ compensation	19,715		18,251
Payroll taxes	14,862		23,918
Accrued payroll and benefit costs	$	696,631	$	638,769

Employee Retirement Obligations

Included in employee deferred compensation plans is the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company’s     Chief Executive Officer	$	90,194	$	89,212