Restructuring Costs

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring Costs

RESTRUCTURING COSTS

Restructuring expense reflects costs associated with the Company’s ongoing efforts to improve operational efficiency and deploy assets globally in order to remain competitive on a worldwide basis. The costs incurred in the first half of fiscal 2020 largely relate to the Company's initiatives to improve operating margins that began in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 and include workforce reductions of approximately 1,800 employees. The Company expects fiscal 2020 restructuring expense and related costs to be approximately $280, an increase of $65 compared to its previous estimate, including costs to complete actions initiated in the first half of the year.

Restructuring expense by business segment follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,					Six Months Ended March 31,
	2019			2020		2019		2020
Automation Solutions		$	6		23		11		106
Climate Technologies		1			2		4		9
Tools & Home Products		2			5		4		8
Commercial & Residential Solutions		3			7		8		17
Corporate		1			1		1		5
Total		$	10		31		20		128

Details of the change in the liability for restructuring costs during the six months ended March 31, 2020 follow:

	Sept 30, 2019			Expense		Utilized/Paid		Mar 31, 2020
Severance and benefits		$	62		105		57		110
Other		7			23		26		4
Total		$	69		128		83		114

The tables above do not include $9 of costs related to these restructuring actions incurred in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 that U.S. GAAP requires to be reported in cost of sales.