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Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Activity and Reserve Balances for Restructuring Charges | Activity and reserve balances for restructuring and other charges were as follows:
| Layoff costs |  | Other exit costs |  | Total
Reserve balances at December 31, 2017 | $ | 56 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 58 |
Cash payments | (47 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (49 | )
Restructuring charges | 111 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 124 |
Other(1) | (110 | ) |  | 2 |  |  | (108 | )
Reserve balances at December 31, 2018 | 10 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 25 |
Cash payments | (61 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (65 | )
Restructuring charges | 45 |  |  | 585 |  |  | 630 |
Other(2) | 50 |  |  | (591 | ) |  | (541 | )
Reserve balances at September 30, 2019 | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 49 |
(1) | In 2018, Other for layoff costs included reclassifications of $119 in pension costs and a $28 credit in postretirement benefits, as the impacts were reflected in Arconic's separate liabilities for Accrued pension benefits and Accrued postretirement benefits, and the reversal of previously recorded restructuring charges of $19.
(2) | In 2019, Other for layoff costs included reclassifications of a $58 credit for elimination of life insurance benefits for U.S. salaried and non-bargaining hourly retirees and a charge of $8 for pension plan settlement accounting, as the impacts were reflected in Arconic's separate liabilities for Accrued pension benefits and Accrued postretirement benefits.
In 2019, Other for other exit costs included a charge of $428 for impairment of the Disks long-lived asset group; a charge of $102 for impairment of assets associated with agreements to sell the Company's Brazilian rolling mill operations and UK forgings business; a charge of $24 for impairment of properties, plants, and equipment related to the Company’s primary research and development facility and a trade name intangible asset; a charge of $12 from the loss on sale of assets primarily related to a small additive business; a charge of $12 for lease terminations; and a charge of $6 for accelerated depreciation as the impacts were primarily reflected in various noncurrent asset accounts; partially offset by a credit of $2. Additionally, Other included the reclassification of $9 in lease exit costs to reduce right-of-use assets within Other noncurrent assets in accordance with the new lease accounting standard.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115931487&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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