Accrued Payroll Costs And Retirement Obligations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Accrued Payroll Costs And Retirement Obligations [Abstract]

Accrued Payroll Costs And Retirement Obligations

Note F—Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

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

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Payroll and benefits	$	185,471	$	181,035
Employee retirement obligations		86,719		87,031
Workers' compensation		25,954		24,217
Payroll taxes		32,632		63,011
	$	330,776	$	355,294

Included in employee retirement obligations is the following (in thousands):

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company's Chief Executive Officer	$	71,701	$	71,603