Accrued Payroll and Benefit Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

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

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Payroll and benefits		$	276,904		$	240,793
Employee deferred compensation plans		237,628			212,220
Workers’ compensation		27,213			25,834
Payroll taxes		19,453			25,935
Accrued payroll and benefit costs		$	561,198		$	504,782

Employee Retirement Obligations

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

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company’s     Chief Executive Officer	$	82,923	$	81,874