Employee Benefits

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits

FelCor offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan and health insurance benefits to its employees. FelCor’s matching contribution to our 401(k) plan totaled approximately $1.0 million during 2016 and 2015 and $948,000 for 2014. Health insurance benefits cost $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, $1.3 million for 2015, and $1.2 million for 2014.

21.    Employee Benefits — (continued)

During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we recorded severance charges of $6.9 million (including $2.9 million of equity based charges) and $3.7 million (including $1.4 million of equity based charges), respectively. The charges are included in other expenses and primarily relate to FelCor’s former chief executive officer for 2016 and certain other officers for 2015.

FelCor LP has no employees, and FelCor, as FelCor LP’s sole general partner, performs FelCor LP’s management functions.

The employees at our hotels are employees of the respective management companies. Under the management agreements, we reimburse the management companies for the compensation and benefits related to the employees who work at our hotels. We are not, however, the sponsors of their employee benefit plans.