EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Abstract]

The Company has one qualified non-contributory defined benefit pension plan covering a portion of its employees and an unfunded plan that provides benefits in excess of amounts allowable under current tax law in the qualified plan. Both plans are closed to new participants. Effective December 31, 2016, the Company froze benefits for all employees participating in the pension plan. In lieu of the pension plan, the Company provides those employees with an enhanced 401(k) plan match. Employee benefit plan liabilities are calculated using actuarial estimates and management assumptions. These estimates are based on historical information, along with certain assumptions about future events. Changes in assumptions, as well as changes in actual experience, could cause the estimates to change.

As of March 31, 2019, the Company has paid zero of the approximately $1.3 million in current year mandatory pension contribution requirements (based on actuarially determined estimates and IRS minimum funding requirements).

The net pension and postretirement benefit (credit) costs that have been recorded are shown in the following table:



Components of Net Periodic Benefit (Credit) Cost	Income Statement Location	Pension						Postretirement
		Three Months Ended March 31,						Three Months Ended March 31,
		2019			2018			2019		2018
Service cost	Selling and general expenses	—			—				$1		$2
Interest cost	Interest and other miscellaneous income, net	800			751			14		12
Expected return on plan assets (a)	Interest and other miscellaneous income, net	(777		)	(982		)	—		—
Amortization of losses	Interest and other miscellaneous income, net	112			159			—		1
Net periodic benefit (credit) cost			$135			($72	)		$15		$15

(a)

The weighted-average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets used in computing 2019 net periodic benefit cost for pension benefits is 5.7%.