Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Schedule of changes in restructuring liability balance by segment

Changes in the restructuring liability balances for each reportable segment and Corporate were as follows:



	Americas⁽¹⁾			Southern Europe⁽²⁾			Northern Europe			APME			Right Management			Corporate			Total
Balance, January 1, 2016		$3.5			$1.7			$8.5			$1.7			$0.8			$0.2			$16.4
Costs paid or utilized	(3.1		)	(0.4		)	(5.9		)	(1.6		)	(0.7		)	(0.2		)	(11.9		)
Balance, December 31, 2016	0.4			1.3			2.6			0.1			0.1			—			4.5
Severance costs	5.8			—			15.6			0.9			1.4			1.0			24.7
Office closure costs	0.5			—			8.2			0.5			0.6			—			9.8
Costs paid or utilized	(5.0		)	(0.4		)	(16.8		)	(1.5		)	(0.9		)	(0.9		)	(25.5		)
Balance, December 31, 2017		$1.7			$0.9			$9.6			$—			$1.2			$0.1			$13.5

(1) Balance related to United States was $2.9 as of January 1, 2016. In 2016, United States paid/utilized $2.5, leaving a $0.4 liability as of December 31, 2016. In 2017, United States incurred $3.7 for severance costs and $0.5 for office closure costs and paid/utilized $3.1, leaving a $1.5 liability as of December 31, 2017.

(2) Balance related to France was $1.5 as of January 1, 2016. In 2016, France paid/utilized $0.2, leaving a $1.3 liability as of December 31, 2016. In 2017, France paid/utilized $0.4, leaving a $0.9 liability as of December 31, 2017. Italy had no restructuring reserves recorded as of either January 1, 2016, December 31, 2016 or December 31, 2017.

Schedule of fair value of assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis

The assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows:



	Fair Value Measurements Using								Fair Value Measurements Using
	December 31, 2017		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		December 31, 2016		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets
Deferred compensation plan assets		$99.1		$99.1		$—		$—		$86.8		$86.8		$—		$—
		$99.1		$99.1		$—		$—		$86.8		$86.8		$—		$—
Liabilities
Foreign currency forward contracts		$0.1		$—		$0.1		$—		$0.2		$—		$0.2		$—
		$0.1		$—		$0.1		$—		$0.2		$—		$0.2		$—

Schedule of goodwill, finite-lived intangible assets and indefinite-lived intangible assets

We had goodwill, finite-lived intangible assets and indefinite-lived intangible assets as follows:



	December 31, 2017						December 31, 2016
	Gross		Accumulated Amortization		Net		Gross		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Goodwill⁽¹⁾	$	1,343.0	$	—	$	1,343.0	$	1,239.9	$	—	$	1,239.9
Intangible assets:
Finite-lived:
Customer relationships	$	453.6	$	325.2	$	128.4	$	426.2	$	287.2	$	139.0
Other	19.3		14.7		4.6		17.2		12.6		4.6
	472.9		339.9		133.0		443.4		299.8		143.6
Indefinite-lived:
Tradenames⁽²⁾	52.0		—		52.0		52.0		—		52.0
Reacquired franchise rights	99.0		—		99.0		98.8		—		98.8
	151.0		—		151.0		150.8		—		150.8
Total intangible assets	$	623.9	$	339.9	$	284.0	$	594.2	$	299.8	$	294.4

(1) Balances were net of accumulated impairment loss of $513.4 as of both December 31, 2017 and 2016.

(2) Balances were net of accumulated impairment loss of $139.5 as of both December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Summary of property and equipment

A summary of property and equipment as of December 31 is as follows:



	2017		2016
Land	$	3.4	$	5.5
Buildings	14.5		16.2
Furniture, fixtures, and autos	172.3		157.6
Computer equipment	137.1		117.8
Leasehold improvements	306.1		269.9
Property and equipment	$	633.4	$	567.0