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Investment in PersolKelly Asia Pacific	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2019
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Investment in PersolKelly Asia Pacific	Investment in PersolKelly Asia Pacific The Company has a 49% ownership interest in PersolKelly Asia Pacific, a staffing solutions business operating in more than 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The operating results of the Company’s interest in PersolKelly Asia Pacific are accounted for on a one-quarter lag under the equity method and are reported in equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliate in the consolidated statements of earnings, which amounted to a loss of $3.6 million in 2019, and earnings of $5.2 million in 2018 and $2.7 million in 2017. This investment is evaluated for indicators of impairment on a periodic basis or whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount may be other-than-temporarily impaired. If we conclude that there is an other-than-temporary impairment of this equity method investment, we will adjust the carrying amount of the investment to the current fair value. The investment in equity affiliate on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet totaled $117.2 million as of year-end 2019 and $121.3 million as of year-end 2018. The net amount due from PersolKelly Asia Pacific, a related party, was $10.9 million as of year-end 2019 and $10.2 million as of year-end 2018. The Company made loans, proportionate to its 49% ownership, to PersolKelly Asia Pacific for $7.0 million in 2018 and an additional $4.4 million in the third quarter of 2019 to fund working capital requirements as a result of their sustained revenue growth. The loans, which are outstanding as of year-end 2019, are included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet and included in the net amounts due from PersolKelly Asia Pacific. The carrying value of the loans approximates the fair value based on market interest rates. The amount included in trade accounts payable for staffing services provided by PersolKelly Asia Pacific as a supplier to secondary supplier programs was $0.2 million as of year-end 2019 and 2018. In 2017, TS Kelly Workforce Solutions, a previous joint venture which was transferred to PersolKelly Asia Pacific in the first quarter of 2017, made a loan repayment of $0.6 million to the Company.

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The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116822174&loc=d3e355119-122828

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2196965

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