Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

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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, 2014		December 31, 2013
Payroll and benefits	$	240,887	$	238,252
Employee retirement obligations		97,365		96,461
Workers’ compensation		27,687		26,671
Payroll taxes		26,298		34,658
	$	392,237	$	396,042

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

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer	$	76,409	$	75,745