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Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2018 | Sep. 29, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 30, 2017 | Mar. 30, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Apr. 01, 2017
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent |  |  |  |  | 21.00% | 31.50% | 35.00%
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Total | $ 32.3 |  |  | $ 231.3 |  | $ 221.4 |
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Mandatory Transition Tax |  |  | $ (6.2) | 215.5 |  |  |
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Revaluation of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities |  | $ (4.7) | (5.5) | $ 15.8 |  |  |
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Expected Future Remittance of Certain Previously Deferred Foreign Earnings |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation - TCJA Enactment-Related Charges, Percent |  |  |  |  | 4.70% | 45.20% |
Foreign Earnings Repatriated |  |  | 252.0 |  | $ 875.0 |  |
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Undistributed Foreign Earnings |  |  | 7.1 |  | 4.7 | $ 7.1 |
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries expected to be permanently reinvested |  |  |  |  | 548.0 |  |
Non-current liability for unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | 79.2 |  | 78.8 | 79.2 |
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate |  |  | $ 68.4 |  | 70.7 | $ 68.4 |
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Subject to Expiration |  |  |  |  | 2.1 |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Valuation Allowance |  |  |  |  | 7.1 |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount |  |  |  |  | 4.7 |  |
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Subject to Expiration |  |  |  |  | 10.7 |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Valuation Allowance |  |  |  |  | 29.1 |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount |  |  |  |  | 1.7 |  |
US Tax Reform [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cumulative One-Time U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Mandatory Transition Tax |  |  |  |  | $ 241.0 |  |

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