Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Duration of Participation Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Duration of Purchase Periods

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Purchase Periods

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Number of times employees can purchase stock under Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), per year

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Number of equity-based compensation plans from which awards can be granted to employees and directors.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Discount from Market Price,Beginning of Participation Period or Purchase Date

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Discount rate from fair value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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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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The highest percentage of annual salary that an employee is permitted to utilize with respect to the plan.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Amount by which current fair value of underlying stock exceeds exercise price of fully vested and expected to vest options outstanding. Includes, but is not limited to, unvested options for which requisite service period has not been rendered but that are expected to vest based on achievement of performance condition, if forfeitures are recognized when they occur.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 27, 2021 USD ($) stockPurchase purchasePeriod compensationPlan $ / shares shares	Jun. 28, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Closing price of common stock (USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 98.59
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock authorized for issuance (shares)	6,000,000.0
Stock reserved for future issuance (shares)	5,800,000
Maximum contribution of employee's compensation (as a percent)	15.00%
Employee stock plan purchase price of fair value (as a percent)	15.00%
Number of times employees can purchase stock per year \| stockPurchase	2
Duration of participation period	12 months
Number of purchase periods \| purchasePeriod	2
Duration of purchase periods	6 months
Discount from market price, beginning of participation period or purchase date (as a percent)	15.00%
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested and expected to vest \| $	$ 10.1
Unrecognized compensation cost (less than) \| $	$ 0.0
Stock option grants during period (shares)	0
Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value \| $	$ 110.6	$ 49.8	$ 68.1
Unrecognized compensation cost (less than) \| $	$ 73.4
Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized, weighted average period (in years)	1 year 10 months 17 days
2013 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equity-based compensation plans \| compensationPlan	1
Stock authorized for issuance (shares)	15,900,000
Stock reserved for future issuance (shares)	5,300,000