Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 24, 2016

Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

Defined Contribution Plans

The Company sponsors a 401(k) defined contribution plan that covers approximately 86% of the Company's current associates. This plan includes a mandatory Company match on the first 1% of participants' contributions. The Company matches the next 2% of participants' contributions if the Company meets prescribed earnings levels. The plan also provides for additional Company contributions above the 3% level if the Company attains certain additional performance targets. Matching contribution expense for this 401(k) plan was $(132) and $223 for the three months ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, respectively, and $333 and $683 for the nine months ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, respectively. The reduction in the matching contribution expense for the three months ended September 24, 2016 was a result of revising the estimated match for the year.

Additionally, the Company sponsors a 401(k) defined contribution plan that covers approximately 14% of the Company's current associates at one facility who are under a collective-bargaining agreement. Under this plan, the Company generally matches participants' contributions, on a sliding scale, up to a maximum of 2.75% of the participant's earnings. Matching contribution expense for the collective-bargaining 401(k) plan was $18 and $17 for the three months ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, respectively, and $53 and $62 for the nine months ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, respectively.

Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan

The Company sponsors a non-qualified retirement savings plan that allows eligible associates to defer a specified percentage of their compensation. The obligations owed to participants under this plan were $14,659 at September 24, 2016 and $14,155 at December 26, 2015 and are included in other long-term liabilities in the Company's Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. The obligations are unsecured general obligations of the Company and the participants have no right, interest or claim in the assets of the Company, except as unsecured general creditors. The Company utilizes a Rabbi Trust to hold, invest and reinvest deferrals and contributions under the plan. Amounts are invested in Company-owned life insurance in the Rabbi Trust and the cash surrender value of the policies was $15,555 at September 24, 2016 and $14,981 at December 26, 2015 and is included in other assets in the Company's Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

Multi-Employer Pension Plan

The Company contributes to a multi-employer pension plan under the terms of a collective-bargaining agreement that covers its union-represented employees. Expenses related to the multi-employer pension plan were $68 and $66 for the three months ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, respectively, and $202 and $197 for the nine months ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, respectively.