Employee Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Employee Benefit Plans

Employee Benefit Plans

17. Employee Benefit Plans

The following table details the components of pension benefit costs (credits):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(In thousands)
Interest cost(1)	$	1,483	$	2,259	$	3,087	$	4,517
Expected return on plan assets(1)		(2,023)		(2,724)		(4,311)		(5,447)
Pension settlement(1)		(134)		(429)		(130)		(429)
Amortization of prior service costs (credits) (1)		(27)		—		(54)		—
Net benefit credit	$	(701)	$	(894)	$	(1,408)	$	(1,359)

The following table details the components of other postretirement benefit costs:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	106	$	120	$	212	$	240
Interest cost(1)		653		877		1,306		1,753
Amortization of other actuarial losses (gains)(1)		(529)		—		(1,059)		—
Net benefit cost (credit)	$	230	$	997	$	459	$	1,993

(1) In accordance with the adoption of ASU 2017-07, “Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost,” these costs are recorded within Nonoperating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations on the line item “Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs.”

(1)