Other Payables and Accrued Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

14.

OTHER PAYABLES AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Other payables and accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Employee related liabilities		375		384
Employee compensated absences		138		125
Taxes other than income taxes		53		60
Advances		63		77
Payables to equity-method investments		—		49
Derivative instruments		7		34
Provision for restructuring		10		22
Defined benefit plans – current portion		10		12
Defined contribution plans – accrued benefits		20		18
Other long-term benefits – current portion		7		6
Royalties		21		26
Current lease obligation		55		—
Deferred consideration for business combinations		10		—
Others		62		61
Total		831		874

Derivative instruments are further described in Note 27.

As of December 31, 2019, payables to equity-method investments was nil compared to $49 million as of December 31, 2018, as a result of the wind-down of the joint venture with Ericsson.

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new guidance on lease accounting and the current portion of the lease obligation is now included in other payables and accrued liabilities. The impact of the adoption of this new guidance is further described in Note 11.

Other payables and accrued liabilities also include individually insignificant amounts as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, presented cumulatively in line “Others”.