STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Stock Based Compensation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Apr. 01, 2022
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Pretax compensation expense	$ 26.7	$ 19.9
Income tax benefit	(3.8)	(2.7)
Total stock-based compensation expense	22.9	17.2
Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Pretax compensation expense	18.1	12.7
Income tax benefit	(2.6)	(1.7)
Total stock-based compensation expense	15.5	11.0
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Pretax compensation expense	8.6	7.2
Income tax benefit	(1.2)	(1.0)
Total stock-based compensation expense	$ 7.4	$ 6.2

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

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (h)(1)(i)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128089324&loc=d3e5070-113901

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