Three months ended
		September 29, 2019				September 30, 2018
Dongguan facility closure:
Involuntary employee termination benefits		$	997			$	-
Other exit costs			1,040
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivables (note 4a)			1,691				-
Provision for obsolete raw material inventories (note 4c)			1,550				-
Write down of property, plant and equipment (note 4d)			261				-
			5,539				-
Other involuntary employee termination benefits (U.S., Canada and Mexico)			915				58
			6,454				58

 

		Nine months ended
		September 29, 2019				September 30, 2018
Dongguan facility closure:
Involuntary employee termination benefits		$	997			$	-
Other exit costs			1,040
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivables (note 4a)			1,691				-
Provision for obsolete raw material inventories (note 4c)			1,550				-
Write down of property, plant and equipment (note 4d)			261				-
			5,539				-
Other involuntary employee termination benefits (U.S., Canada and Mexico)			3,085				154
			8,624				154

 

 

In the Company announced it plans to close its Dongguan manufacturing facility in China, concurrent with the expiry of the facility lease in The closure was formally approved by the Board of Directors in The closure of the Dongguan manufacturing facility will impact approximately employees at the Dongguan manufacturing facility. The employee group were notified of the closure in the last week of A restructuring charge of was recorded in the quarter relating to the announced planned closure.

 

 

During the quarter of involuntary employee termination benefit costs of pursuant to time termination plans were incurred related to the reduction of full-time equivalents (“FTEs”) in U.S, full-time equivalents (“FTEs”) in Markham, Canada and FTEs and contract employees in Mexico.

 

During the months ended involuntary employee termination benefit costs of pursuant to time termination plans were incurred related to the reduction of full-time equivalents (“FTEs”) in U.S, full-time equivalents (“FTEs”) in Markham, Canada and FTEs and contract employees in Mexico.

 

 

 

 

		Termination benefits and other exit costs
Balance as at December 31, 2018		$	-
Involuntary employee termination benefits			4,082
Other exit costs			1,040
Payments			(2,386	)
Amounts reversed unutilized			-
At September 29, 2019		$	2,736

 

 

In the Company announced it plans to close its Dongguan manufacturing facility in China, concurrent with the expiry of the facility lease in The closure was formally approved by the Board of Directors in The closure of the Dongguan manufacturing facility will result in a reduced labor force by approximately employees. The employee group was notified of the closure in the last week of The planned closure of the Dongguan facility and majority of the cash outflows associated with the included within the restructuring liability for severance and other exit costs is anticipated to be substantially completed by the end of the quarter of (the remaining restructuring liability of at relates to other ongoing restructuring initiatives to right size the Company’s workforce as noted above). Manufacturing by the Company of certain products previously manufactured at the Dongguan Facility will be transferred to the Company’s other manufacturing facilities.