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Percentage of company contributions and related earnings that is nonforfeitable to a participant after completion of the specified period of credited service under the terms of the plan employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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The period an employee must work before becoming fully vested, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Percentage of participant after tax contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Percentage of minimum before tax annual catch up contribution that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute to total pretax annual compensation.

No definition available.

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The age at which participants become eligible for contributions under employee benefit plan.

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Amount of maximum before tax and pretax catch-up contribution that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute.

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

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Amount of increase in net asset available for benefit from cash and noncash contributions from employer of participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Indicates (true false) whether description of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) is published and made available.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Interest rate on participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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