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ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
6 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2011
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
NOTE 1:
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES


The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) are prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures usually found in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The unaudited financial statements reflect all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to fairly state the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. We follow the same accounting policies for preparing both quarterly and annual financial information. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.


Our 2011 fiscal year will include 52 weeks and our 2010 fiscal year included 53 weeks, with the 53rd week falling in our fourth fiscal quarter.


On March 11, 2011, we entered into an agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon as escrow agent and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA on behalf of itself and its insurance company affiliates including but not limited to Chartis Casualty Company (Chartis). The agreement creates a trust (the "Trust") at The Bank of New York Mellon which holds the majority of our collateral obligations under existing workers' compensation insurance policies that were previously held directly by Chartis. Placing the collateral in the Trust allows us to manage the investment of the assets. In conjunction with the creation of the Trust, we expanded our accounting policies as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 to include the following in preparation of our quarterly financial information:


Restricted cash and investments
Cash and investments pledged as collateral and restricted to use for workers' compensation insurance programs are included as restricted cash and investments in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our investments consist of highly rated investment grade debt securities which are rated A or higher by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations. All of our investments are classified as held-to-maturity.
Fair value of financial instruments and investments
The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of those instruments. The fair value of our restricted investments is based upon the quoted market price on the last business day of the fiscal reporting period. Where an observable quoted market price for a security does not exist, we estimate fair value using a variety of valuation methodologies, which include observable inputs for comparable instruments and unobservable inputs. The specific methodologies include comparing the security with similar publicly traded securities and estimating discounted cash flows.
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, we acquired A-1 Staffing. The acquisition expands our presence in light industrial staffing. This entity has been included in our consolidated results of operations. The effect of this business combination was not material to our consolidated results of operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements


In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance on presentation of comprehensive income.  The new guidance eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity.  Instead, an entity will be required to present either a continuous statement of net income and other comprehensive income or two separate but consecutive statements.  The new guidance will be effective for years beginning after December 15, 2011.
Subsequent Events
We evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements through the day these financial statements were issued.
As of July 1, 2011 $8.6 million of common stock remained available for repurchase under the current authorization, which has no expiration date. Subsequent to July 1, 2011, we repurchased 0.2 million shares of our outstanding common stock for approximately $3.4 million resulting in approximately $5 million remaining under our existing stock repurchase program. On July 25, 2011, our Board of Directors approved a new program to repurchase an additional $75 million of our outstanding common stock resulting in total stock available for repurchase of $80 million.