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Note 11 - Employees' Benefit Plans

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Note 11 - Employees' Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans [Text Block]
Note
11
Employees’ Benefit Plans
The Bancorp maintains an Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust for all employees who meet the plan qualifications. Employees are eligible to participate in the Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust on the next
January 1
or
July 1
following the completion of
one
year of employment, attaining age
18,
and completion of
1,000
hours of service. The Employees’ Savings Plan feature allows employees to make pre-tax contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan of
1%
to
50%
of Plan Salary, subject to limitations imposed by Internal Revenue Code section
401
(k). Employees are able to begin deferring effective the
first
of the month following
90
days of employment. The Profit Sharing Plan and Trust feature is non-contributory on the part of the employee. Contributions to the Employees’ Profit Sharing Plan and Trust are made at the discretion of the Bancorp’s Board of Directors. Contributions for the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018
were based on
7%
of the participants’ total compensation, excluding incentives. Profit sharing contributions made by the Bank and earnings credited to the employee’s account vest on the following schedule:
two
years of service,
40%
of contributions and earnings;
three
years of service,
60%
of contributions and earnings;
four
years of service,
80%
of contributions and earnings; and
five
years of service,
100%
of contributions and earnings. Participants also become
100%
vested in the employer contributions and accrued earnings in their account upon their death, approved disability, or attainment of age
65
while employed at the Bank. The benefit plan expense amounted to approximately
$884
thousand for
2019
and
$744
thousand for
2018.
 
The Bancorp maintains an Unqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the “UDC Plan”). The purpose of the UDC Plan is to provide deferred compensation to key senior management employees of the Bancorp in order to recognize their substantial contributions to the Bank and provide them with additional financial security as inducement to remain with the Bank. The Compensation Committee selects which persons shall be participants in the UDC Plan. Participants’ accounts are credited each year with an amount based on a formula involving the participant’s employer funded contributions under all qualified plans and the limitations imposed by Internal Revenue Code subsection
401
(a)(
17
) and Code section
415.
The unqualified deferred compensation plan liability at
December 31, 2019
and
2018
was approximately
$226
thousand and
$221
thousand, respectively. The UDC Plan expense amounted to approximately
$10
thousand for
2019
and
$11
thousand for
2018.
  
Directors have deferred some of their fees in consideration of future payments. Fee deferrals, including interest, totaled approximately
$60
thousand and
$40
thousand for
2019
and
2018,
respectively. The deferred fee liability at
December 31, 2019
and
2018
was approximately
$1.31
million and
$1.28
million, respectively.