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Accrued Expenses (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Disclosure Accrued Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accrued Liabilities | Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):
| Jun 30, 2018 |  | Dec 30, 2017
Contract liabilities | $ | 69,746 |  |  | $ | 31,069 |
Accrued payroll and related expenses | 68,064 |  |  | 67,935 |
Accrued warranty | 59,667 |  |  | 52,834 |
Accrued customer rebates | 32,184 |  |  | 48,590 |
Accrued professional fees | 18,004 |  |  | 18,250 |
Accrued sales and other tax | 15,831 |  |  | 20,881 |
Accrued agent commission | 12,221 |  |  | 11,035 |
Accrued product liability and workers compensation | 11,859 |  |  | 11,976 |
Product recall | 5,459 |  |  | 6,068 |
Restructuring | 1,597 |  |  | 1,715 |
Other accrued expenses | 66,869 |  |  | 51,818 |
| $ | 361,501 |  |  | $ | 322,171 |

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