Restructuring

The following table shows the provision of the restructuring charges and the liability remaining as of January 3, 2016:



(in thousands)	Continuing Operations			Discontinued Operations (HSC)			Total
Balance as of March 29, 2015	$	295		$	10,217		$	10,512
Provision	8,910			—			8,910
Payments and other adjustments	(2,290		)	(8,564		)	(10,854		)
Balance as of January 3, 2016	$	6,915		$	1,653		$	8,568

Integration-related Restructuring Plan

In December 2015, the Company began the implementation of planned cost reduction and restructuring activities in connection with the acquisition of ZMDI. The Company recognized approximately $4.5 million of employee termination cost for two former executives in operating expenses for the quarter ended January 3, 2016. The termination benefits are expected to be paid in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.

Other

During the three months ended January 3, 2016, the Company recorded charges of $1.5 million and reduced headcount by 2 employees. During the nine months ended January 3, 2016, the Company recorded charges of $4.4 million and reduced headcount by 37 employees, and paid $2.3 million related to these actions. As of January 3, 2016, the total accrued balance for employee severance costs related to these actions was $2.4 million. The Company expects to complete these actions by the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.

During fiscal 2015, the Company recorded other charges of $1.1 million and reduced headcount by 28 employees in multiple reductions in workforce actions. During fiscal 2015, the Company paid $0.8 million related to these actions. During first quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company paid $0.3 million related to these actions, which reduced the total accrual balance to zero.

HSC Business

In fiscal 2015, the Company prepared a workforce-reduction plan (the Plan) with respect to employees of its HSC business in France and the Netherlands. The Plan sets forth the general parameters, terms and benefits for employee dismissals. The Plan was approved by the French Works Council and Labor Administrator and the related Plan details were communicated to the affected employees in France and the Netherlands. No works council consultation was required in the Netherlands. The Company has not historically offered similar termination benefits as defined in the Plan for these locations. The Plan identified the number of employees to be terminated, their job classification or function, their location and the date that the Plan was expected to be completed. The Plan also established the terms of the benefit arrangement in sufficient detail to enable the employees to determine the type and amount of benefits that they would receive if terminated. In addition, the actions required to complete the Plan indicated that it was unlikely that substantial changes to the Plan would be made after communication to the employees. Accordingly, the Company accrued restructuring charges in accordance with ASC 420, Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations. The restructuring charges recorded to discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations were approximately $18.3 million for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2015, for a total of 53 employees in France and the Netherlands combined.

The Company expects to complete payments of these termination benefits and the restructuring action by December 2017.