Employee Benefits | Employee Benefits The following table shows the components of net periodic pension cost (in thousands): Three Months Ended Six Months Ended July 1, 2017 July 2, 2016 July 1, 2017 July 2, 2016 Service cost $ 183 $ 252 $ 366 $ 504 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 1,178 1,271 2,356 2,542 Expected return on plan assets (1,584 ) (1,551 ) (3,168 ) (3,102 ) Amortization of unrecognized loss 268 223 536 447 Net periodic pension cost $ 45 $ 195 $ 90 $ 391 During the first six months of fiscal 2017, we renegotiated our collective bargaining agreement with a unionized location. This collective bargaining agreement covers a number of specific items such as wages, medical coverage, and certain other benefit programs, including pension plan participation. As a result of this renegotiation, a significant percentage of the participants in the plan are no longer accruing future years of service, which triggered a curtailment. As a result of the curtailment, we performed a revaluation of plan assets and liabilities. The pension benefit obligation decreased $1.5 million as a result of changes in valuation assumptions; primarily, an increase in the balance of plan assets. The overall increase in plan asset valuation was partially offset by a decrease to accumulated other comprehensive income of $0.6 million as a result of a decrease in the discount rate, which was recorded in other comprehensive loss on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). No intraperiod income tax effect was required to be recorded as a result of the curtailment. Multiemployer Pension Plans During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, we entered into a new collective bargaining agreement with the Lumber Employees Local 786 union at our Chicago facility. As a result, we provided for a withdrawal from the related multi-employer pension plan, and, accordingly, recorded an estimated $4.5 million withdrawal liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in “other non-current liabilities,” and recorded an offsetting non-cash expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations in “selling, general, and administrative” costs. In the second quarter of fiscal 2017, we reassessed our estimate of the withdrawal liability and recorded an additional $1.0 million to the aforementioned liability and expense accounts. Unless a lump sum payment is mutually agreed-upon, we would expect the liability to be paid over a 20 -year period, with payments substantially similar on a total annual basis to those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 8, Note 9, for the year ended December 31, 2016. However, we are currently negotiating a final determination of liability with the Plan’s trustees, and may consider alternative arrangements, such as a lump sum or partial lump sum payment, in exchange for a lower liability. |