Accrued Payroll and Benefit Costs (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

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

	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
Payroll and benefits		$	238,587		$	243,301
Employee deferred compensation plans		257,545			252,349
Workers’ compensation		19,945			19,361
Payroll taxes		30,823			24,037
Accrued payroll and benefit costs		$	546,900		$	539,048

Employee Retirement Obligations

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

	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company’s     Chief Executive Officer	$	83,628	$	83,899