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Accrued Expenses (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2020
Disclosure Accrued Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accrued Liabilities | Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):
| Mar 28, 2020 |  | Dec 28, 2019
Contract liabilities | $ | 102,564 |  |  | $ | 74,511 |
Accrued payroll and related expenses | 71,062 |  |  | 81,541 |
Accrued warranty | 64,422 |  |  | 66,374 |
Accrued customer rebates | 24,162 |  |  | 51,709 |
Accrued short-term leases | 23,274 |  |  | 21,827 |
Accrued product liability and workers compensation | 14,814 |  |  | 15,164 |
Accrued agent commission | 11,904 |  |  | 13,816 |
Accrued sales and other tax | 11,848 |  |  | 19,862 |
Accrued professional fees | 10,451 |  |  | 13,368 |
Other accrued expenses | 59,074 |  |  | 58,378 |
| $ | 393,575 |  |  | $ | 416,550 |

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