Employee Benefit Plans	12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2019
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
Employee Benefit Plans	*NOTE 8 - EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS* ENGlobal sponsors a 401(k) profit sharing plan for its employees. The Company, at the direction of the Board of Directors, may make discretionary contributions. Our employees may elect to make contributions pursuant to a salary reduction agreement upon meeting age and length-of-service requirements. The Company does not currently match employees’ deferrals; however, for active participants in 2018, we matched 33.3% of elective deferrals up to 6%, for a maximum of 2% of employee’s compensation and made contributions totaling $0.3 million. The match was suspended beginning December 30, 2018 and no contributions were made during 2019.

The entire disclosure for an entity's employee compensation and benefit plans, including, but not limited to, postemployment and postretirement benefit plans, defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution plans, non-qualified and supplemental benefit plans, deferred compensation, share-based compensation, life insurance, severance, health care, unemployment and other benefit plans.

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