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Employee separation charges (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2010
Employee separation charges  
Summarizes the separation charges, by geographic region

 

 

 

 

Machinery and Power Systems

 

 

 

 

 

(Millions of dollars)

 

North
America

 

Latin
America

 

EAME

 

Asia
Pacific

 

Financial
Products(1)

 

Total

 

Increase in liability (separation charges)

 

$

4

 

$

9

 

$

17

 

$

—

 

$

—

 

$

30

 

Reduction in liability (payments and other adjustments)

 

—

 

(7

)

(12

)

—

 

—

 

(19

)

Liability balance at December 31, 2008

 

$

4

 

$

2

 

$

5

 

$

—

 

$

—

 

$

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in liability (separation charges)

 

$

323

 

$

15

 

$

102

 

$

31

 

$

10

 

$

481

 

Reduction in liability (payments and other adjustments)

 

(313

)

(17

)

(78

)

(25

)

(10

)

(443

)

Liability balance at December 31, 2009

 

$

14

 

$

—

 

$

29

 

$

6

 

$

—

 

$

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in liability (separation charges)

 

$

17

 

$

—

 

$

8

 

$

7

 

$

1

 

$

33

 

Reduction in liability (payments and other adjustments)

 

(26

)

—

 

(23

)

(11

)

—

 

(60

)

Liability balance at December 31, 2010

 

$

5

 

$

—

 

$

14

 

$

2

 

$

1

 

$

22

 

 

 

(1) Includes $8 million for North America and $2 million for EAME in 2009 and $1 million for EAME in 2010.

 
Summarizes the number of employees that accepted or were subject to the programs:

 

 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

Impacted employees at beginning of period

 

1,505

 

—

 

Impacted employees during the period

 

15,868

 

3,085

 

Employee separations during the period

 

(16,970

)

(1,580

)

Impacted employees remaining at the end of period

 

403

 

1,505