In the Company announced it plans to close its Dongguan manufacturing facility in China, concurrent with the expiry of the facility lease in which was extended to The closure was formally approved by the Board of Directors in The closure of the Dongguan manufacturing facility resulted in a reduced labor force by approximately employees. The employee group was notified of the closure in the last week of The 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 Manufacturing by the Company of certain products previously manufactured at the Dongguan Facility will be transferred to the Company’s other manufacturing facilities. A restructuring charge of was recorded in the months ended relating to the announced planned closure.

 

During 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.

		Twelve months ended
		December 29, 2019				December 30, 2018
Dongguan facility closure:
Involuntary employee termination benefits		$	997			$	-
Other exit costs			1,040
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivables (note 4)			2,046				-
Provision for obsolete raw material inventories (note 4)			759				-
Write down of property, plant and equipment (note 4)			158				-
			5,000				-
Other involuntary employee termination benefits (U.S., Canada and Mexico)			2,955				172
Total restructuring charges			7,955				172

 

 

		Termination benefits and other exit costs
Balance as at December 31, 2018		$	10
Involuntary employee termination benefits			4,134
Other exit costs			1,040
Payments—Dongguan severance			(660	)
Payments- (U.S., Canada and Mexico)			(2,736	)
Amounts reversed unutilized			(191	)
At December 29, 2019		$	1,597