3 Major Ohio Companies Announce Layoffs
ONTARIO, OH — Three major companies announced layoffs or furloughs this week in Ohio.
The Shutterfly Lifetouch Church Business operations have been severely impacted by COVID-19, the company said in a letter to the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. Many places of worship, a primary client for the company, have seen attendance drop in the wake of the virus.
The company is cutting workforce at its facility at 2300 W. 4th Street in Ontario. All layoffs are expected to be permanent.
"Under other circumstances we may have been able to provide more notice of this action, but under the current unforeseeable business conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are providing our employees with as much notice as possible," the company said in its letter.
Similarly, Southwest Airlines argued that COVID-19 has devastated the tourism and travel industries. The company said it lost 70 percent of its revenue in the third quarter of 2020. Furloughs will begin in March 2021.
Schneider Electric said it will layoff 13 employees at its facility at 6255 Halle Drive in Valley View. The layoffs will be permanent and will begin Feb. 5, 2021.
Schneider Electric in Valley View — 13 employees
Shutterfly Lifetouch in Ontario — 100 employees
Southwest Airlines, John Glenn Columbus International Airport — 26 employees
More than 35,000 people filed new jobless claims last week, according to the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services.
That's up versus the state's average of approximately 30,000 jobless claims per week, according to Fox 8. More than 270,000 Ohioans remain unemployed. They are now joined by the 36,327 new jobless claims filed last week.
This article originally appeared on the Across Ohio Patch
