Reorganization of Businesses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

The Company maintains a formal Involuntary Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”), which permits the Company to offer eligible employees severance benefits based on years of service and employment grade level in the event that employment is involuntarily terminated as a result of a reduction-in-force or restructuring. The Company recognizes termination benefits based on formulas per the Severance Plan at the point in time that future settlement is probable and can be reasonably estimated based on estimates prepared at the time a restructuring plan is approved by management. Exit costs consist of contractual lease termination costs and costs to exit committed contracts. At each reporting date, the Company evaluates its accruals for employee separation and exit costs to ensure the accruals are still appropriate. In certain circumstances, accruals are no longer needed because of efficiencies in carrying out the plans or because employees previously identified for separation resigned from the Company and did not receive severance, or were redeployed due to circumstances not foreseen when the original plans were approved. In these cases, the Company reverses accruals through the Consolidated Statements of Operations where the original charges were recorded when it is determined they are no longer needed.

During 2022, 2021, and 2020 the Company continued to implement various productivity improvement plans aimed at achieving long-term, sustainable profitability by driving efficiencies and reducing operating costs. During 2020, the Company accepted voluntary applications to its Severance Plan from a defined subset of employees within the United States. Voluntary applicants received termination benefits based on the formulas defined in the Severance Plan. However, termination benefits, which are normally different based on employment level grade and capped at nine months of salary, were equalized for all employment level grades and capped at a full year’s salary for the voluntary applicants. The remainder of the initiatives impacted both of the Company’s segments and affected employees located in all geographic regions.

2022 Charges

During 2022, the Company recorded net reorganization of business charges of $36 million, including $18 million of charges in Costs of sales and $18 million of charges in Other charges in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Included in the $36 million were charges of $36 million for employee separation costs and $10 million for exit costs, partially offset by $10 million of reversals of accruals no longer needed.

The following table displays the net charges incurred by segment:


Year ended December 31	2022
Products and Systems Integration	$	21
Software and Services	15
	$	36

Reorganization of Businesses Accruals


	Accruals at January 1		Additional Charges		Adjustments		Amount Used		Accruals at December 31
Reorganization costs	$	34	$	36	$	(10)	$	(34)	$	26
Exit costs	$	—	$	10	$	—	$	—	$	10
	$	34	$	46	$	(10)	$	(34)	$	36

Exit Costs

At January 1, 2022, the Company did not have an accrual for exit costs. There were $10 million of exit cost charges in 2022 related to the Company's exit of the ESN contract with the Home Office. The $10 million of exit costs are recorded in Accrued liabilities in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2022, and are expected to be paid within one year.

Employee Separation Costs

At January 1, 2022, the Company had an accrual of $34 million for employee separation costs. The 2022 additional charges of $36 million include severance costs for approximately 460 employees, of which 310 were direct employees and 150 were indirect employees. The adjustments of $10 million reflect reversals of accruals no longer needed. The $34 million used in 2022 reflects cash payments to severed employees. The remaining accrual of $26 million, which is included in Accrued liabilities in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2022, is expected to be paid, primarily within one year to: (i) severed employees who have already begun to receive payments and (ii) approximately 50 employees to be separated in 2023.

2021 Charges

During 2021, the Company recorded net reorganization of business charges of $32 million, including $8 million of charges in Costs of sales and $24 million of charges under Other charges in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Included in the aggregate $32 million were charges of $42 million for employee separation costs, partially offset by $10 million of reversals of accruals no longer needed.

The following table displays the net charges incurred by segment:


Year ended December 31	2021
Products and Systems Integration	$	25
Software and Services	7
	$	32

Reorganization of Businesses Accruals


Accruals at January 1, 2021		Additional Charges		Adjustments		Amount Used		Accruals at December 31, 2021
$	79	$	42	$	(10)	$	(77)	$	34

Employee Separation Costs

At January 1, 2021, the Company had an accrual of $79 million for employee separation costs. The additional 2021 charges of $42 million represent severance costs for approximately an additional 600 employees, of which 400 were direct employees and 200 were indirect employees. The adjustments of $10 million reflect reversals of accruals no longer needed. The $77 million used in 2021 reflects cash payments to severed employees. The remaining accrual of $34 million was included in Accrued liabilities in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2021.

2020 Charges

During 2020, the Company recorded net reorganization of business charges of $86 million, including $29 million of charges in Costs of sales and $57 million of charges in Other charges in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Included in the aggregate $86 million are charges of $100 million for employee separation costs and $2 million of charges for exit costs, partially offset by $16 million of reversals for accruals no longer needed.

The following table displays the net charges incurred by segment:


Year ended December 31	2020
Products and Systems integration	$	69
Software and Services	17
	$	86