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Restructuring and Severance
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Severance

10.    Restructuring and Severance

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

 

Charges

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

0.4

 

Utilizations

 

 

(3.4

)

 

 

(0.1

)

 

 

(3.5

)

Balance as of June 30, 2020

 

 

6.6

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

6.7

 

Charges

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

0.8

 

Utilizations

 

 

(2.4

)

 

 

(0.1

)

 

 

(2.5

)

Balance as of September 30, 2020

 

$

5.0

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

5.0

 

 

Restructuring and severance charges recorded in each of the first three quarters of 2020 in the IT Services and Hardware segment are associated with initiatives to reduce and contain costs. 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. 

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

A summary of restructuring activity by business segment is presented below:

 

(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

 

Charges

 

 

—

 

 

 

0.3

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

0.4

 

Utilizations

 

 

(3.1

)

 

 

(0.4

)

 

 

—

 

 

 

(3.5

)

Balance as of June 30, 2020

 

 

6.5

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

6.7

 

Charges

 

 

—

 

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

0.8

 

Utilizations

 

 

(1.6

)

 

 

(0.9

)

 

 

—

 

 

 

(2.5

)

Balance as of September 30, 2020

 

$

4.9

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

0.1

 

 

$

5.0

 

 

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, $5.0 million and $2.9 million, respectively, of the restructuring liabilities were included in “Other current liabilities” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.