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Accrued Payroll and Benefit Costs | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Payroll and Benefit Costs | Accrued Payroll and Benefit Costs Accrued payroll and benefit costs consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Payroll and benefits |  | $ | 256,804 |  |  | $ | 243,301 |
Employee deferred compensation plans |  | 312,429 |  |  | 252,349 |
Workers’ compensation |  | 17,092 |  |  | 19,361 |
Payroll taxes |  | 26,574 |  |  | 24,037 |
Accrued payroll and benefit costs |  | $ | 612,899 |  |  | $ | 539,048 |
Included in employee deferred compensation plans is the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Deferred compensation plan and other benefits related to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer |  | $ | 86,145 |  |  | $ | 83,899 |

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- Definition The total of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for obligations related to services received from employees, such as accrued salaries and bonuses, payroll taxes and fringe benefits. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). + References No definition available. + Details
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