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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Other assets $ 78,352,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent $ 61,964,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent  
Pool of excess tax benefits 10,800,000crl_PoolOfExcessTaxBenefits 7,300,000crl_PoolOfExcessTaxBenefits 9,600,000crl_PoolOfExcessTaxBenefits
Tax benefit recorded to additional pain-in-capital related to exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted shares 4,300,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalIncomeTaxDeficiencyFromShareBasedCompensation 1,100,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalIncomeTaxDeficiencyFromShareBasedCompensation  
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount 1,205,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount    
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance 5,866,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 7,071,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries considered indefinitely reinvested $ 271,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries