layoffs

The move comes as students, teachers and employees continue to criticize the Board of Education's decision to eliminate more than 300 positions.

The cuts will not reduce last year’s $46 million deficit but will help balance this year’s budget.

The layoffs will mainly impact exceptional children’s teachers, support staff and assistant principals. Officials also signed off on mandatory furloughs for central office workers.

There are a total of about 250 employees at that location, but the company is hoping some of the remaining workers will fill positions at other UNIFI facilities in the area, a spokesperson said.

In a notice to state officials this month, HanesBrands said the distribution center was focused on the Champion business. With its sale, the company no longer needs it.

The abrupt end of a partnership between two Greensboro-based health care organizations has led to a 66-person layoff. In a letter submitted to the state…

Officials with Resource Label Group announced last week that it will permanently shutter its Old Lexington Road plant in June. The move will affect as many as 74 employees.

Two major Triad manufacturers have announced plans to lay off a total of about 250 employees in April.

In a WARN notice sent to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Atlanta-based packaging company WestRock said it was shuttering its facility on Lexington Parkway.

Wilkesboro town officials say Tyson Foods Inc. has laid off more than 100 employees at its Wilkesboro processing plant. Tyson, the largest employer in Wilkes County, announced in a prepared statement that they are reducing the number of second-shift employees due to lower customer demand.