Employee Investment Plans

12 Months Ended

Nov. 28, 2021

Disclosure of Employee Investment Plans [Abstract]

EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT PLANS

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND LONG-TERM BENEFIT PLANS

Employee Savings and Investment Plan

The Company's Employee Savings and Investment Plan ("ESIP") is a qualified plan that covers eligible U.S. payroll employees. The Company matches 125% of ESIP participant's contributions to all funds maintained under the qualified plan up to the first 6.0% of eligible compensation. Total amounts charged to expense for the Company's employee investment plans for the years ended November 28, 2021, November 29, 2020 and November 24, 2019, were $16.9 million, $17.3 million and $16.3 million, respectively.

Annual Incentive Plan

The Annual Incentive Plan ("AIP") provides a cash bonus that is earned based upon the Company's business unit and consolidated financial results as measured against pre-established internal targets and upon the performance and job level of the individual. Total amounts charged to expense for this plan for the years ended November 28, 2021, November 29, 2020, and November 24, 2019 were $140.9 million, $51.8 million and $86.6 million, respectively. Total amounts accrued for this plan as of November 28, 2021, and November 29, 2020 were $134.4 million and $49.0 million, respectively.

Long-term Employee Related Benefits

Long-term employee-related benefit liabilities primarily consist of the Company's liabilities for its deferred compensation plans.

Deferred compensation plan for executives and outside directors, established January 1, 2003. The Company has a non-qualified deferred compensation plan for executives and outside directors that was established on January 1, 2003 and amended thereafter. The deferred compensation plan obligations are payable in cash upon retirement, termination of employment and/or certain other times in a lump-sum distribution or in installments, as elected by the participant in accordance with the plan. As of November 28, 2021 and November 29, 2020, these plan liabilities totaled $73.6 million and $67.9 million. The Company held funds of $80.2 million and $71.2 million in an irrevocable grantor's rabbi trust as of November 28, 2021 and November 29, 2020, respectively, related to this plan. Rabbi trust assets are classified as available-for-sale marketable securities and are included in "Other current assets" or "Other non-current assets" on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. Unrealized gains and losses on these marketable securities are reported as a separate component of stockholders' equity and included in AOCI on the Company's consolidated balance sheets.

Deferred compensation plan for executives, prior to January 1, 2003. The Company also maintains a non-qualified deferred compensation plan for certain management employees relating to compensation deferrals for the period prior to January 1, 2003. The rabbi trust is not a feature of this plan. As of November 28, 2021 and November 29, 2020, liabilities for this plan totaled $33.1 million and $30.8 million, respectively.

Interest earned by the participants in deferred compensation plans was $15.5 million, $13.8 million and $9.4 million for the years ended November 28, 2021, November 29, 2020 and November 24, 2019, respectively. The charges were included in "Interest expense" in the Company's consolidated statements of operations.