Business combination non cash gain on disposition of previously held equity interest.

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Non-cash gain on disposition of previously held controlling interest.

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Revenues generated by franchise offices.

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130543-203045

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130545-203045

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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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Segment Data - Schedule of Segment Data (Parenthetical) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 03, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from services		$ 5,248.9	$ 5,418.7	$ 15,666.9	$ 16,598.0
Franchise revenue		274.0	278.7	680.2	789.4
Non-cash gain on deconsolidation				30.4
Manpower Switzerland \| Interest and Other Expenses (Income), Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Non-cash gain on disposition of previously held equity interest	$ 80.4	80.4	80.4	80.4	80.4
Franchise
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from services		4.3	6.2	14.0	17.6
Americas
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from services		1,070.7	1,040.0	3,121.4	3,115.1
Americas \| United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from services		645.7	633.2	1,880.2	1,890.0
Americas \| United States \| Franchise
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from services		3.5	3.7	10.8	10.8
Franchise revenue		151.6	169.9	462.8	485.6
APME
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from services		621.9	$ 713.0	2,030.7	$ 2,158.0
APME \| ManpowerGroup Greater China Limited \| OPU
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Non-cash gain on deconsolidation		$ 30.4		$ 30.4