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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments and Contingencies

The Company leases its corporate headquarters in Olathe, Kansas, which includes the Health and Wellness operations center, under an operating lease which expires in 2018. The Company also leases copiers and other miscellaneous equipment. These leases expire in various years through 2017.

The Company is obligated under a lease related to the discontinued Hooper Holmes Services operations center through 2018 and has ceased use of this facility. The Company is still the primary lessee under operating leases for 6 Portamedic branch offices, which are subleased by the acquirer of the former Portamedic business. The acquirer pays 100% of the rent and other executory costs for these 6 offices in the form of a contractual obligation for the remaining lease term. If the Company is unable to assign these leases to the acquirer of the former Portamedic business, the Company will let the leases expire with no intent of renewal. In addition, the Company is still the primary lessee under 7 operating leases related to former Portamedic offices not utilized for continuing operations and as such related costs are recorded in the reporting for discontinued operations.

The Company had recorded a branch closure obligation of $1.1 million and $0.3 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively related to all of the above mentioned leases.

The table below presents future minimum lease payments for operating leases (with initial or remaining terms in excess of one year) as of December 31, 2014 and includes leases from both continuing and discontinued operations, as described above.




Year ending December 31,
 
Operating
Leases
2015
 
$
1,651

2016
 
1,444

2017
 
1,383

2018
 
1,109

2019
 

Thereafter
 

Total minimum lease payments
 
$
5,587

Estimated sublease payments (not included in minimum lease payments)
 
$
(1,292
)
 
 
$
4,295



Rental expense under operating leases of continuing operations totaled $0.8 million, $0.8 million and $0.8 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The Company has employment agreements with certain executive employees that provide for payment of base salary for a one year period in the event their employment with the Company is terminated in certain circumstances, including following a change in control, as further defined in the agreements.

In the past, some federal and state agencies have claimed that the Company improperly classified its health professionals as independent contractors for purposes of federal and state unemployment and/or worker's compensation tax laws and that the Company was therefore liable for taxes in arrears, or for penalties for failure to comply with their interpretation of the laws.  There are no assurances that the Company will not be subject to similar claims in the future.