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Profit Sharing Plan and Retirement Plan | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Profit Sharing Plan and Retirement Plan [Abstract] |
Profit Sharing Plan and Retirement Plan | Profit Sharing Plan and Retirement PlanWe have retirement savings plans (the “Retirement Savings Plans”) for substantially all employees who have completed one year of service and are 19 years of age or older. Employees may make 401(k) contributions subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. The Retirement Savings Plans provide for a discretionary profit sharing contribution to non-driver employees and a matching contribution of a discretionary percentage to driver employees ("Heartland Plan"). Also, we acquired Retirement Saving Plans providing for discretionary matching contributions to driver and non-driver employees in our acquisition of GTI ("GTI Plan") and IDC ("IDC Plan"). The GTI Plan was merged into the Heartland Plan on July 1, 2016 and the IDC Plan was merged into the Heartland Plan on January 1, 2018. Our profit sharing contributions to the Retirement Savings Plans totaled approximately $1.0 million, $1.8 million, and $1.7 million, for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for an entity's employee compensation and benefit plans, including, but not limited to, postemployment and postretirement benefit plans, defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution plans, non-qualified and supplemental benefit plans, deferred compensation, share-based compensation, life insurance, severance, health care, unemployment and other benefit plans. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2228938 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 712 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2197446 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 710 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2127225 Reference 4: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2235017 + Details
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