Post Employment Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Post Employment Benefit Plans
POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PLANS
We sponsor two defined contribution savings plans, which allow employees to contribute a portion of their pre-tax and/or after-tax income in accordance with specified guidelines. The Company matches a percentage of eligible employee contributions up to certain limits of employee base pay. Our portion of the matching contributions charged to income amounted to $17.4 million, $8.7 million and $6.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase in 2022 was due primarily to the Merger.
The Company participates in multiemployer pension plans for certain employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. Contributions are based on specified hourly rates for eligible hours. Company expenses related to these plans were $6.3 million, $1.1 million and $3.0 million during 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively. The increase in 2022 from 2021 was due to the Merger and the decrease in the 2021 expense was attributable to the completion of a subcontract in September 2020. At the time the subcontract was completed, the individuals ceased being Company employees and the Company was relieved of its contractual obligation to fund the related multiemployer pension plans on the former employee's behalf. The Company is unaware of any significant future obligations or funding requirements related to these plans other than the ongoing contributions that are paid as hours are worked by plan participants. None of these multiemployer pension plans are individually significant to the Company.
V2X, Inc. has two non-qualified deferred compensation plans one established during the first quarter of 2021 and one assumed in the Merger. Under these plans, participants are eligible to defer a portion of their compensation on a tax deferred basis. The assets in the plan are held in a Rabbi trust. Plan investments and obligations were recorded in other non-current assets and other non-current liabilities, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets, representing the fair value related to the deferred compensation plan. Adjustments to the fair value of the plan investments and obligations are recorded in operating expenses. The plan assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $1.5 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
On September 11, 2014, our Board of Directors adopted and approved the Vectrus Systems Corporation Excess Savings Plan (the Excess Savings Plan). Since federal law limits the amount of compensation that can be used to determine employee and employer contribution amounts to our tax-qualified plans, we established the Excess Savings Plan to allow for Company contributions based on an eligible employee's base salary in excess of these limits. No employee contributions are permitted. All balances under the Excess Savings Plan are maintained on the books of the Company and credits and deductions are made to the accumulated savings under the plan based on the earnings or losses attributable to a stable value fund as defined in the Excess Savings Plan. Benefits will be paid in a lump sum generally in the seventh month following the date on which the employee's separation from service occurs. Employees are 100% vested at all times in any amounts credited to their accounts. Although the plan did not end, excess savings were paid out due to the Merger. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 we had accrued $0.1 million and $0.2 million of contributions under the Excess Savings Plan.
The Company has an amended and restated Senior Executive Severance Pay Plan (the Amended Plan) that has been effective since 2016. Termination benefits offered under the Amended Plan are other post-employment benefits as defined by ASC 712-10 - Compensation - Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits. Benefits under the Amended Plan vest or accumulate with the employee’s years of service; however, the payment of benefits is not probable, and the Company does
not have the ability to reliably estimate when there will be an involuntary termination without cause under the Amended Plan. Accordingly, the Company does not accrue a benefit obligation for severance costs under the Amended Plan over the duration of executive employment.