Employee Benefit Plans (Notes) |
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| Employee Benefit Plans |
Employee Benefit Plans
In certain countries, QVC sponsors defined contribution plans, which provide employees an opportunity to make contributions to a trust for investment in a variety of securities. Generally, the Company makes matching contributions to the plans based on a percentage of the amount contributed by employees. The Company's cash contributions to the plans were $18 million, $23 million and $24 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
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- Definition The entire disclosure for an entity's employee compensation and benefit plans, including, but not limited to, postemployment and postretirement benefit plans, defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution plans, non-qualified and supplemental benefit plans, deferred compensation, share-based compensation, life insurance, severance, health care, unemployment and other benefit plans. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- References No definition available.
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