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RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS
9 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2016
Retirement Savings Plans [Abstract]  
Retirement Savings Plans Disclosure [Text Block]

(10) Retirement Savings Plans

401(k) Plan

We have a pre-tax salary reduction/profit-sharing plan under the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, which covers employees meeting certain eligibility requirements.

Information regarding our Company’s 401(k) Plan is summarized below:

Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
October 2,September 27,October 2,September 27,
2016201520162015
Employer match %25%25%25%25%
% of earnings matched4%4%4%4%
Employee contributions$63,000$90,000$250,000$297,000
Employer match $26,000$13,000$40,000$48,000

Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan

We have a Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan effective as of February 25, 2005 (the “Deferred Compensation Plan”). Eligible participants are those employees who are at the “director” level and above and who are selected by the Company to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan. Participants must complete a deferral election each year to indicate the level of compensation (salary, bonus and commissions) they wish to have deferred for the coming year. This deferral election is irrevocable except to the extent permitted by the Deferred Compensation Plan administrator, and the applicable regulations promulgated by the IRS. The board of directors administers the Deferred Compensation Plan and may change the declared interest rate or any other aspects of the Deferred Compensation Plan at any time.

Deferral periods are limited to the earlier of termination of employment or not less than three calendar years following the end of the applicable plan year. Extensions of the deferral period for a minimum of five years are allowed provided an election for extension is made at least one year before the first payment affected by the change. Payments can be in a lump sum or in equal payments over a two-, five- or ten-year period, plus interest from the commencement date.

The Deferred Compensation Plan assets are kept in an unsecured account that has no trust fund. In the event of bankruptcy, participants entitled to future payments under the Deferred Compensation Plan would have no greater rights than that of an unsecured general creditor of the Company and the Deferred Compensation Plan confers no legal rights for interest or claim on any specific assets of the Company. Benefits provided by the Deferred Compensation Plan are not insured by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), because the pension insurance provisions of ERISA do not apply to the Deferred Compensation Plan.

The balance of the Plan for the quarters ended October 2, 2016 and January 3, 2016 was approximately $163,000 and $547,000, respectively. Of this balance approximately $48,000 and $109,000 was recorded in current liabilities and the remaining balance was recorded in other liabilities at October 2, 2016 and January 3, 2016, respectively.

Information regarding our Company’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan is summarized below:

Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
October 2,September 27,October 2,September 27,
2016201520162015
Employer match %25%25%25%25%
% of earnings matched4%4%4%4%
Declared interest rate6%6%6%6%
Employee contributions$10,000$8,000$23,000$31,000
Employer match and interest$4,000$8,000$14,000$25,000
Distributions$130,000$92,000$238,000$107,000