Tag: Lay Offs
OM lays off 60-plus employees
March 21, 2023HME News Staff
RICHMOND, Va. – Owens & Minor has laid off 61 employees in Franklin, Mass., according to a WARN notice filed with the state. The company, which announced a realignment on Feb. 28, laid off the employees nine days earlier on Feb. 17, according to the notice. Owens & Minor officials said during a conference call to discuss the company’s fourth quarter and year-end financial results that they had kicked off an ambitious, companywide program to “right size” the...
SoClean reorganizes staffing
October 14, 2020HME News Staff
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - SoClean is reducing staff in its call centers, but it's looking to grow staff in R&D and other areas of the company, CEO Bob Wilkins has told the Monadnock Ledger Transcript. The company, citing the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, has laid off 23 call center employees here and in Montana in recent weeks, according to the newspaper. Sleep centers have been restricted during the pandemic, weakening referrals for CPAP therapy, a key indicator for sales of SoClean's CPAP...
KCI to close NC service center
February 12, 2019HME News Staff
SAN ANTONIO - KCI USA has alerted state officials that it plans to eliminate 65 jobs at a service center in Charlotte, N.C., according to a local TV station. KCI, an Acelity Company, decided to “substantially reduce” its workforce after analyzing its “business situation and its available options,” according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Letter filed with the North Carolina Department of Commerce. KCI will lay off employees in four phases, starting July...
Invacare announces another round of layoffs
May 26, 2017HME News Staff
ELYRIA, Ohio - Invacare is reducing its workforce by another 50 associates in North America, the company announced in a May 24 press release.Invacare says the layoffs, which a company official describes as “cross functional,” are part of larger efforts to be more efficient.“Realigning our infrastructure, paced by available resources and cash, is an essential part of our becoming a more sustainably profitable, growing business,” said Matt Monaghan, chairman, president and CEO,...