Employee benefit plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

14. Employee benefit plans

The Company has employee benefit plans in the form of certain statutory and other schemes covering its employees.

Defined benefit plans

In accordance with Indian law, the Company provides a defined benefit retirement plan covering substantially all of its Indian employees. In accordance with Mexican law, the Company provides termination benefits to all of its Mexican employees. In addition, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in the Philippines and Japan sponsor defined benefit retirement programs.

Net defined benefit plan costs for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2016 include the following components:


	Three months ended March 31,
	2015			2016
Service costs	$	1,384		$	1,403
Interest costs		678			698
Amortization of actuarial loss		85			56
Expected return on plan assets		(549	)		(486	)

Net defined benefit plan costs	$	1,598		$	1,671

Defined contribution plans

During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2016, the Company contributed the following amounts to defined contribution plans in various jurisdictions:


	Three months ended March 31,
	2015		2016
India	$	3,909	$	4,303
U.S.		2,628		3,532
U.K.		1,040		1,652
China		3,516		3,753
Other regions		1,106		1,265

Total	$	12,199	$	14,505