EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Decrease From Separation, Participant Loans Outstanding

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EBP, Contribution Vesting Period

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- Definition

EBP, Employer Contribution, Annual Fixed Rate Contribution, Additional Discretionary Contribution, Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Annual Fixed Rate Contribution, Additional Maximum Discretionary Contribution, Percentage

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- Definition

Fixed rate annual contribution for eligible participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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EBP, Involuntary Cash-out Limit

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EBP, Involuntary Vested Rollerover Amount

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- Definition

EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, General Loan, Maximum Borrowing Term

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- Definition

EBP, Participant Contribution, Automatic, Deferral Rate Notice Period For Opt Out

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EBP, Requisite Service Period

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EBP, Retirement Age

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- Definition

EBP, Vested Balance, Plan Administrator Request For Distribution Threshold

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- Definition

Amount of net asset available for benefit transferred to (from) employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from (to) external plan.

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-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478873/962-325-55-17

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-Topic 962
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.6A-05(a)(Schedule III))
-Publisher FASB
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-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 8
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477063/962-205-45-8

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- Definition

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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-Topic 962
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478416/962-205-50-1

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- Definition

Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Amount of decrease in forfeited nonvested account of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from employer contribution.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478873/962-325-55-17

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-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477804/962-205-S99-1

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- Definition

Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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- Definition

Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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- Definition

Percentage of eligible compensation contributed for participant automatically enrolled in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Percentage of maximum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute to total pretax annual compensation.

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