Three companies in Wisconsin have now announced sudden layoffs, according to WARN letters that say jobs will be lost.
It is important to know that the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act says that companies with more than 100 full-time employees must give 60 days’ notice before firing 50 or more workers in one place.
We need these to be turned in to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
Charter Communications has said that 122 people working at a plant in Fond du Lac will lose their jobs when it shuts down in August.
A plant run by Baxter Health Corp will also close in August.
In Milwaukee, 32 employees will lose their jobs because of this.
On Monday, Sun Nuclear Corporation sent a warning to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
Three hundred and ninety people in Middleton would lose their jobs because the company had to close a plant.
More companies in Wisconsin are letting off workers than just these three.
Here is a list of other Wisconsin companies that are laying off workers this year:
- Wisconsin’s Concordia University said it would be reorganizing, which will mean a lot of people losing their jobs.
- Mercury Marine, which is based in Wisconsin, has said it will lay off 300 workers because customers aren’t buying as much. The firings, which are set to last until July, are part of the company’s plan to change how it works in response to the economy.
- In Appleton on June 17, 62 people who worked for Bon Appetit Management were let go.
- Strauss Brands has chosen to stop making things at its factory in Franklin. The company is forever cutting the number of employees by up to 70 because of this.
- Ward Manufacturing is closing a plant in Milwaukee, which will mean the loss of jobs for 62 people on August 1.
- On June 30, Sodexo will close a plant in West Allis, which will mean the loss of 50 jobs.
- Walmart is closing a store in Milwaukee, which will mean the loss of jobs for 105 people on July 26.
- A JELD-WEN Inc. store in Hawkins is closing. On June 10, 338 employees will be let go.
- Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions said they are letting go of 30 employees.
- In June, Zoomlion fired 31 people who worked at a business.
- In June, Lakeside Book Company fired 339 people from a building.
- In Sheboygan Falls, Staff Management Solutions fired 87 people.
- In June, Sientra also shut down a plant in Milwaukee, which meant that 126 workers lost their jobs.
Source: FrankNez
