These RI companies have filed mass layoff notices so far this year
Since the beginning of the year, some 1,000 Rhode Island workers learned they would be losing their jobs in "mass layoffs," according to notices required by federal law.
Several of the notices did not result in people ultimately being out of work.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, called "WARN" for short, requires that employers meeting certain workforce-size thresholds notify state officials before laying off significant numbers of employees.
Companies with workers in Rhode Island filed seven WARN notices, covering a total of 1,035 workers, ranging from 52 at TPI Composites, the wind-turbine blade maker that announced it is closing its Warren plant, to 249, one of two WARN notices for Aramark, the vendor that provided cleaning and maintenance services for the Providence Public School District.
The latter will have less sting than other layoffs, because the vendor replacing Aramark, ABM Industries, said it planned to hire Aramark's workers.
Here's the list of Rhode Island WARN notices, most recent first:
CVS Health lays off 198
Part of a nationwide cut of 5,000 workers. Although 500 jobs attributed to Rhode Island will be eliminated, including remote workers and those in other states who report to bosses in Rhode Island, only 198 Rhode Islanders will lose their jobs at the company's Woonsocket headquarters. Notice date: Aug. 18.
More: CVS plans to lay off nearly 200 Rhode Islanders at corporate headquarters. What we know.
TPI Composites lays off 52
The Scottsdale, Arizona, wind-turbine blade manufacturer, with facilities in several U.S. states, as well as Denmark, India and Mexico, announced the closing of its Warren plant, eliminating 52 jobs. Notice date: Aug. 15.
Aramark Facilities Services, LLC
The company filed two WARN notices, one for 211 employees on July 5, and the other for 249 employees on June 30.
Aramark Facilities Services does cleaning and maintenance in Providence public schools. The incoming company told The Journal that it intended to hire the employees who previously worked for Aramark.
More: Providence school vendor intends to hire 200+ employees laid off by previous provider
Sodexo, Inc. and Affiliates
Bryant University dropped its food-service contract with Sodexo, forcing the company to lay off its 169 workers there. But Bryant said it would rehire the workers to continue providing food service at the Smithfield campus. Notice date: May 17.
Northeast Transportation Service LLC WARN notice rescinded
As the Teamsters Union staged a strike against the contractor at DHL's Pawtucket facility, the company filed a notice that it was going to close shop and layoff its 75 workers. But the two sides settled the strike and the WARN notice was rescinded. Notice date: Jan. 23
Monitronics International Inc
The Texas-based company, which licensed its alarm-monitoring and security services to Brinks Home Security, announced that it would lay off 81 Rhode Island employees. Notice date: Jan. 4.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: WARN notices in RI: These companies have laid off workers in 2023
