Accrued Payroll and Benefit Costs (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Payroll Costs and Retirement Obligations

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

	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
Payroll and benefits	$	239,524	$	256,804
Employee deferred compensation plans	310,164		312,429
Workers’ compensation	17,543		17,092
Payroll taxes	41,186		26,574
Accrued payroll and benefit costs	$	608,417	$	612,899

Employee Retirement Obligations

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

	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company’s     Chief Executive Officer	$	86,283	$	86,145