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Employee Termination, Asset Impairment and Other Charges | 6 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2021
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract] |
Employee Termination, Asset Impairment and Other Charges | Employee Termination, Asset Impairment and Other Charges The Company recorded the following charges related to employee termination benefits, asset impairment, and other charges:
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended |  |
| January 1, 2021 |  | January 3, 2020 |  | January 1, 2021 |  | January 3, 2020 |  |
| (in millions)
Employee termination and other charges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Closure of Foreign Manufacturing Facilities | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  |
Business Realignment | 2 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 30 |  |  |
Total employee termination and other charges | 2 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 34 |  |  |
Business Realignment | — |  |  | (17) |  |  | — |  |  | (17) |  |  |
Total employee termination, asset impairment, and other charges | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  |
Business Realignment The Company periodically incurs charges as part of the integration process of recent acquisitions and to realign its operations with anticipated market demand, primarily consisting of organization rationalization designed to streamline its business, reduce its cost structure and focus its resources. The following table presents an analysis of the components of the activity against the reserve during the six months ended January 1, 2021:
| Employee Termination Benefits |  | Contract Termination and Other |  | Total
| (in millions)
Accrual balance at July 3, 2020 | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13 |
Charges | 22 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 25 |
Cash payments | (28) |  |  | (3) |  |  | (31) |
Accrual balance at January 1, 2021 | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7 |

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