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 30, 2013		September 29, 2012
Property, payroll, and other taxes payable	$	11,635,727	$	18,191,260
Salaries, wages and bonuses payable		21,037,852		25,350,513
Self-insurance liabilities		27,767,731		26,695,291
Interest payable		19,597,247		19,132,734
Other		4,002,357		3,312,445

Total	$	84,040,914	$	92,682,243

Self-insurance liabilities are established for general liability claims, workers’ compensation claims, 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 $9.3 million and $7.4 million for the three-month periods ended March 30, 2013 and March 24, 2012, respectively. For each of the six-month periods ended March 30, 2013 and March 24, 2012, employee insurance expense, net of employee contributions, totaled $17.8 million and $14.7 million, respectively.