ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LIABILITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract]


	December 31, 2021						December 31, 2020
	Accrued Expenses		Non-Current Liabilities		Total		Accrued Expenses		Non-Current Liabilities		Total
	(In thousands)
Salaries and wages	$	210,350	$	—	$	210,350	$	158,122	$	—	$	158,122
Deferred compensation	6,016		91,083		97,099		5,117		77,823		82,940
Pension benefits	3,848		171,259		175,107		3,776		265,178		268,954
Other postretirement benefits	1,389		17,083		18,472		1,381		20,245		21,626
Other employee benefits	23,978		—		23,978		20,599		—		20,599
Insurance obligations (1)	186,449		311,209		497,658		169,936		292,298		462,234
Operating taxes (2)	165,680		—		165,680		164,293		41,687		205,980
Income taxes	9,469		12,972		22,441		4,588		15,598		20,186
Interest	37,116		—		37,116		38,887		—		38,887
Deposits, mainly from customers	94,547		—		94,547		79,840		3,014		82,854
Operating lease liabilities	100,232		255,573		355,805		78,785		186,429		265,214
Deferred revenue (3)	182,785		410,657		593,442		183,474		446,265		629,739
Restructuring liabilities (4)	10,484		—		10,484		7,683		—		7,683
Other	87,259		44,568		131,827		72,697		55,324		128,021
Total	$	1,119,602	$	1,314,404	$	2,434,006	$	989,178	$	1,403,861	$	2,393,039

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(1) Insurance obligations are primarily comprised of self-insured claim liabilities.

(2) Includes the deferral of certain payroll taxes allowed under the CARES Act.

(3) Refer to Note 4, "Revenue", for further information.

(4) Includes $8 million related to the exit of the FMS U.K. business. Refer to Note 21, "Other Items Impacting Comparability" for further information.

We recognized a benefit of $6 million in 2021 within earnings from continuing operations from the favorable development of estimated prior years claims where costs were lower than self-insured loss reserves. We recognized charges of $18 million in 2020 and 2019 within earnings from continuing operations from the unfavorable development of estimated prior years claims where costs exceeded self-insured loss reserves.