Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies

Note I—Commitments and Contingencies

Rental expense, primarily for office premises, amounted to $96.8 million, $100.6 million and $103.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The approximate minimum rental commitments for 2013 and thereafter under non-cancelable leases in effect at December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):

2013	$	92,130
2014		78,928
2015		65,336
2016		45,109
2017		33,955
Thereafter		101,171
	$	416,629

Additionally, as of December 31, 2012, the Company had future purchase commitments of approximately $44 million over the next three years primarily related to telecom service agreements, software licenses and subscriptions, and computer hardware and software maintenance agreements.

On April 23, 2010, Plaintiffs David Opalinski and James McCabe, on behalf of themselves and a putative class of similarly situated Staffing Managers, filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey naming the Company and one of its subsidiaries as Defendants. The Complaint alleges that salaried Staffing Managers located throughout the U.S. have been misclassified as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime pay requirements. Plaintiffs seek an unspecified amount for unpaid overtime on behalf of themselves and the class they purport to represent. Plaintiffs also seek an unspecified amount for statutory penalties, attorneys’ fees and other damages. On October 6, 2011, the Court granted the Company’s motion to compel arbitration of the Plaintiffs’ allegations. At this stage, it is not feasible to predict the outcome of or a range of loss, should a loss occur, from these allegations and, accordingly, no amounts have been provided in the Company’s financial statements. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses to the allegations, and the Company intends to continue to vigorously defend against the allegations.

The Company is involved in a number of other lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business. While management does not expect any of these other matters to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows, litigation is subject to certain inherent uncertainties.

Legal costs associated with the resolution of claims, lawsuits and other contingencies are expensed as incurred.