Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2020

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Cost (Reversal of Cost) [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Employee Benefit Plans

Net periodic benefit costs for our defined benefit pension plans are as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 27, 2020			June 29, 2019			June 27, 2020			June 29, 2019
U.S. Plans
Service cost	$	5,758		$	5,251		$	17,275		$	15,753
Interest cost	7,650			9,231			22,948			27,693
Expected return on plan assets	(11,021		)	(11,264		)	(33,063		)	(33,792		)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	33			47			100			140
Amortization of actuarial loss	6,329			6,660			18,987			19,981
Pension expense for U.S. defined benefit plans	$	8,749		$	9,925		$	26,247		$	29,775
Non-U.S. Plans
Service cost	$	1,680		$	1,237		$	5,017		$	3,731
Interest cost	674			1,091			2,066			3,293
Expected return on plan assets	(1,124		)	(1,290		)	(3,398		)	(3,891		)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	(2		)	(4		)	(2		)	(13		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	1,228			630			3,656			1,908
Curtailment loss	100			—			100			—
Settlement loss	537			—			537			—
Pension expense for non-U.S. defined benefit plans	$	3,093		$	1,664		$	7,976		$	5,028

Pension expense for our defined contribution plans consists of:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 27, 2020		June 29, 2019		June 27, 2020		June 29, 2019
U.S. defined contribution plans	$	7,353	$	5,468	$	19,957	$	14,795
Non-U.S. defined contribution plans	1,521		1,301		4,311		3,837
Total pension expense for defined contribution plans	$	8,874	$	6,769	$	24,268	$	18,632