E. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND CURRENT PORTION OF OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses and current portion of other long-term liabilities consist of the following:


	March 24, 2012		September 24, 2011
Property, payroll, and other taxes payable	$	9,049,991	$	15,775,321
Salaries, wages and bonuses payable		20,768,851		24,130,758
Self-insurance liabilities		26,241,078		24,830,900
Interest payable		19,639,318		20,375,692
Other		3,220,796		4,209,392

Total	$	78,920,034	$	89,322,063

Self-insurance liabilities are established for workers' compensation and employee group medical and dental benefits based on claims filed and estimates of claims incurred but not reported. The Company is insured for covered costs in excess of $750,000 per occurrence for workers' compensation,$500,000 for general liability, and $325,000 per covered person for medical care benefits for a policy year. Employee insurance expense, including workers' compensation and medical care benefits, net of employee contributions, totaled $7.4 million and $8.5 million for the three-month periods ended March 24, 2012 and March 26, 2011, respectively. For each of the six-month periods ended March 24, 2012 and March 26, 2011, employee insurance expense, net of employee contributions, totaled $14.7 million and $16.9 million, respectively.