Accounts Payable And Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Payables And Accruals [Abstract]

Accounts Payable And Accrued Expenses

NOTE 12. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Payables, trade and other	$	108.6	$	127.5
Employment costs		33.7		44.7
Current portion of pension and postretirement benefit liabilities		12.7		14.3
Contingent liability related to discontinued operations		11.9		12.1
Other		30.2		32.5
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	197.1	$	231.1

The decrease in accrued employment costs as of December 31, 2016 in comparison to December 31, 2015 was due to employee compensation and severance accruals recorded in 2015 in connection with our planned separation of the flooring business.