layoffs /tags/layoffs layoffs en-US Copyright Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:27:35 GMT Big Lots says it is having going-out-of-business sale, will lay off hundreds of employees /npr-news/2024-12-20/big-lots-says-it-is-having-going-out-of-business-sales-as-it-seeks-a-new-buyer The national discount retailer says that a previously announced deal to sell itself to a private-equity group fell through. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:27:35 GMT /npr-news/2024-12-20/big-lots-says-it-is-having-going-out-of-business-sales-as-it-seeks-a-new-buyer Ayana Archie Columbus-based CoverMyMeds announces layoffs for more than 800 employees /2023-03-29/columbus-based-covermymeds-announces-layoffs-for-more-than-800-employees A company spokesperson confirmed the layoffs. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:55:24 GMT /2023-03-29/columbus-based-covermymeds-announces-layoffs-for-more-than-800-employees ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ News Staff Amazon CEO says company will lay off more than 18,000 workers /2023-01-04/npr-news/2023-01-04/amazon-ceo-says-company-will-lay-off-more-than-18-000-workers The layoffs represent the single largest number of jobs cut at a technology company since the industry began aggressively downsizing last year. Thu, 05 Jan 2023 04:14:39 GMT /2023-01-04/npr-news/2023-01-04/amazon-ceo-says-company-will-lay-off-more-than-18-000-workers Bobby Allyn Verizon Laying Off Up To 500 Customer Service Employees In Hilliard /news/2020-02-20/verizon-laying-off-up-to-500-customer-service-employees-in-hilliard Verizon has announced plans to lay off almost 500 workers in Hilliard by this spring.As required under Ohio’s WARN Act, Verizon notified the state this… Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:56:20 GMT /news/2020-02-20/verizon-laying-off-up-to-500-customer-service-employees-in-hilliard Gabe Rosenberg Sen. Brown Wants To Require Businesses Give More Advanced Notice Of Layoffs /news/2019-11-25/sen-brown-wants-to-require-businesses-give-more-advanced-notice-of-layoffs Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is proposing legislation aimed at better protecting workers from abrupt notice of layoffs and work place closures.The “Fair… Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:32:27 GMT /news/2019-11-25/sen-brown-wants-to-require-businesses-give-more-advanced-notice-of-layoffs Carter Adams, Sarah Taylor Mass Layoffs Displaced 14,000 Ohio Workers in 2018 /ideastream/2018-12-31/mass-layoffs-displaced-14-000-ohio-workers-in-2018 The number of Ohioans who lost their jobs in "mass layoffs" was higher in 2018 than the year before. Generally speaking, when a company with more than 100 employees decides to lay off 50 or more people, a federal law known as the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) considers that a "mass layoff." But before that can happen, an employer must provide employees with at least 60 days written notice. Mon, 31 Dec 2018 15:15:00 GMT /ideastream/2018-12-31/mass-layoffs-displaced-14-000-ohio-workers-in-2018 Adrian Ma