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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Amount before accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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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 amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of a finite-lived intangible asset to fair value.

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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Narrative Impairment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			6 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 23, 2016	Mar. 26, 2016	Jan. 01, 2017	Jun. 24, 2016	Jun. 26, 2015	Sep. 23, 2016	Dec. 25, 2015
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment loss		$ (65,869)				$ (65,869)
Goodwill, Gross	$ 337,984					$ 337,984	$ 314,705
Minimum
Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Cost of Capital	12.00%					12.00%
Maximum
Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Cost of Capital	17.00%					17.00%
Staffing Services
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment loss						$ (50,700)
Goodwill, Gross	$ 206,450					206,450	210,281
Managed Services
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment loss						(15,169)
Goodwill, Gross	$ 131,534					$ 131,534	104,424
Staff Management SMX [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Discount Rate	15.00%
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount	20.00%					20.00%
Goodwill, Gross	$ 10,600					$ 10,600
Staff Management SMX [Member] \| Staffing Services
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment loss		(33,700)
PlaneTechs \| Staffing Services
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment loss		(17,000)
PlaneTechs \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Net
Goodwill [Line Items]
Sales Revenue, Services, Percent of Revenue, Decline				30.00%
hrX \| Managed Services
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment loss		(15,200)
hrX \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Net
Goodwill [Line Items]
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net							3,400
Amazon [Member] \| Staff Management SMX [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Discount Rate	25.00%
Amazon [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Net
Goodwill [Line Items]
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net				$ 106,000	$ 125,000		$ 354,000
Concentration Risk, Percentage				8.00%	10.40%		13.10%
Customer relationships
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets, finite-lived		$ 28,900
Discount Rate		13.00%
Trade name/trademarks
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, royalty rate		10.00%
Discount Rate		17.00%
Impairment of intangible assets, indefinite-lived		$ 4,500
Scenario, Forecast
Goodwill [Line Items]
Decrease in Revenue, Due to Forecasted Transaction			$ 125,000
Fiscal 2017 [Domain] \| Amazon [Member] \| Staff Management SMX [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Revenues						$ 30,000