Percentage decrease in annual base salary

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Percentage of cash retention allocated to various components

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Reduction to Board retainer fees

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Duration of continued employment

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Represents the incremental compensation expense resulting from modifications of the Company's compensation structure

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Number of Eligible Individuals

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Repayment Percentage

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[Line Items] for Schedule of Compensation Reduction [Table]

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Compensation expense not yet recognized

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Reduction in total variable compensation paid at target (100%)

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Amount of expense for salary, wage, profit sharing; incentive and equity-based compensation; and other employee benefit. Other employee benefit expense includes, but is not limited to, service component of net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit plan. Excludes compensation cost in cost of good and service sold.

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Payments of cash to employees, including wages and salaries, during the current period.

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Stock Compensation (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 03, 2020
Compensation Reduction [Line Items]
Incremental compensation expense			$ 4.1
CEO's 2020 base salary reduction			20.00%
Reduction in 2020 Chairman of the Board retainer fee			20.00%
Total executives and senior managers receiving cash retention incentive			21
Total cash retention incentives paid to executive officers and senior managers	$ 15.2
Repayment percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Duration of employment period required under retention agreement	1 year
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 7.2	$ 7.2	$ 18.7
Compensation expense recognized for modifications to comp. structure		11.5
Q2
Compensation Reduction [Line Items]
Incremental compensation expense	$ 3.4	$ 3.4
CEO
Compensation Reduction [Line Items]
Reduction in 2020 variable compensation			35.00%
CFO
Compensation Reduction [Line Items]
Reduction in 2020 variable compensation			20.00%
Percentage based on continued employment
Compensation Reduction [Line Items]
Cash retention payment percentage allocation	50.00%	50.00%
Percentage based on metrics
Compensation Reduction [Line Items]
Cash retention payment percentage allocation	50.00%	50.00%