Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Text Block]

Employee Benefit Plans

Peoples sponsors a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan that covers substantially all employees hired before January 1, 2010.  The plan provides retirement benefits based on an employee’s years of service and compensation.   For employees hired before January 1, 2003, the amount of postretirement benefit is based on the employee’s average monthly compensation pay over the highest five consecutive years out of the employee’s last ten years with Peoples while an eligible employee.  For employees hired on or after January 1, 2003, the amount of postretirement benefit is based on 2% of the employee’s annual compensation plus accrued interest.  Effective January 1, 2010, the pension plan was closed to new entrants.  Effective March 1, 2011, the accrual of pension plan benefits for all participants was frozen. Peoples recognized this freeze as a curtailment as of December 31, 2010 and March 1, 2011, under the terms of the pension plan. Peoples also provides post-retirement health and life insurance benefits to former employees and directors. Only those individuals who retired before January 27, 2012 were eligible for life insurance benefits. All retirees are eligible for health benefits, however, Peoples is only pays 100% of the cost for those individuals who retired before January 1, 1993. For all others, the retiree is responsible for most, if not all, of the cost of medical benefits.  Peoples’ policy is to fund the cost of the benefits as they arise.

The following tables detail the components of the net periodic benefit cost for the plans:

	Pension Benefits						Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended						Three Months Ended
	March 31,						March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Interest cost	152			172			2			3
Expected return on plan assets	(196		)	(280		)	—			—
Amortization of net loss	39			8			(2		)	(2		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	(5	)	$	(100	)	$	—		$	1