Liabilities have been established for employee separations and lease abandonment. A summary of activity in the restructuring and severance liability is shown below:

(dollars in millions)	Employee Separation			Lease Abandonment			Total
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	2.6		$	0.3		$	2.9
Charges		15.2			-			15.2
Utilizations		(8.2	)		(0.1	)		(8.3	)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	9.6		$	0.2		$	9.8

In the first quarter of 2020, the Company finalized a voluntary severance program in Cincinnati and Hawaii for certain bargained and management employees in an effort to continue to reduce costs associated with our copper field and network operations. As a result, a severance charge of $14.5 million was recorded in the Entertainment and Communications segment. The Company also recorded $0.7 million related to employee severance in the first quarter of 2020 associated with initiatives to reduce and contain costs in each of the segments.

Lease abandonment costs represent future minimum lease obligations, net of expected sublease income, for abandoned facilities. Lease payments on abandoned facilities will continue through the third quarter of 2020.

(dollars in millions)	Entertainment and Communications			IT Services and Hardware			Corporate		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	2.4		$	0.5		$	-	$	2.9
Charges		14.8			0.4			-		15.2
Utilizations		(7.6	)		(0.7	)		-		(8.3	)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	9.6		$	0.2		$	-	$	9.8

At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, $7.6 million and $2.9 million, respectively, of the restructuring liabilities were included in “Other current liabilities” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At March 31, 2020, $2.2 million of the restructuring liabilities were included in “Other noncurrent liabilities” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.