Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Number of Offerings

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Offering Period

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Target Award, Percentage

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Expiry Period From Date Of Grant

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Forfeitures

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Period

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Aggregate proceeds received by the entity during the annual period from exercises of stock or unit options and conversion of similar instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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Discount rate from fair value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Additional Information) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		51 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) offering_periods	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Cash Received from Exercise of Stock Options			$ 2.1
Deferred Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense (income)	$ 0.7	$ 0.7	$ 0.7	$ 0.7
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options, contractual term (years)			10 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross \| shares					0
Stock-based compensation, approximate forfeitures rate (percent)			3.00%
Compensation expense (income)	0.0	0.1	$ 0.0	0.1
Options exercised, total intrinsic value			$ 1.4
Performance-Based Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation, approximate forfeitures rate (percent)			12.00%
Compensation expense (income)	1.4	1.2	$ 2.1	1.6
Restricted stock award program, measurement period (years)			3 years
Expected dividend yield (percent)			0.00%
Performance-Based Restricted Stock \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, awarded shares as a percentage of the original award amount (percent)			0.00%
Performance-Based Restricted Stock \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, awarded shares as a percentage of the original award amount (percent)			200.00%
Time Based Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation, approximate forfeitures rate (percent)			12.00%
Compensation expense (income)	1.5	1.3	$ 2.7	2.4
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense (income)	$ 0.1	$ 0.1	$ 0.2	$ 0.2
Employee stock purchase plan, number of offering (offering period) \| offering_periods			2
Employee stock purchase plan, offering period (months)			6 months
Employee stock purchase plan, purchase price discount (percent)			15.00%