Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

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Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

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

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Payroll and benefits	$	314,090	$	238,252
Employee retirement obligations	99,982		96,461
Workers’ compensation	28,574		26,671
Payroll taxes	25,401		34,658
	$	468,047	$	396,042

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

	September 30, 2014	December 31, 2013
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer	$78,055	$75,745