Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Performance Measurement Period

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Amount of tax benefit for recognition of expense of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Per share or unit weighted-average fair value of nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 13, 2019	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 30, 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense (benefit)		$ (0.5)	$ 2.0	$ 4.7	$ 6.7
Related tax benefit		$ 0.4	$ 0.8	$ 1.1	$ 4.0
Financial Measure Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)		$ 24.66		$ 24.66			$ 23.58
2019 grant \| Financial Measure Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance measurement period	3 years
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 25.58
2019 grant \| Single Financial Measure Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance measurement period	1 year
Vesting period	4 years
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 24.61
2019 grant \| Maximum shares eligible to earn \| Financial Measure Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum shares eligible to earn for award	200.00%
2018 grant \| Financial Measure Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)		$ 23.29		$ 23.29
2017 grant \| Financial Measure Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)						$ 23.76