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 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		60 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) offering_periods	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash received from exercise of stock options	$ 0.8
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options, contractual term (years)	10 years
Stock options, grants in period, gross \| shares			0
Options exercised, total intrinsic value	$ 1.1
Performance-Based Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, measurement period (years)	3 years
Expected dividend yield (percent)	0.00%
Compensation expense (income)	$ (0.1)	$ 0.7
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]
Compensation expense (income)	$ 1.0	1.2
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense (income)	$ 0.1	$ 0.1
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%