Three companies with sites in Newark will eliminate 357 jobs before summer arrives. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices showed up on the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development website.
According to Patch, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey will dismiss 242 workers on April 26. Luna Foods, which runs Joey’s Fine Foods, will cut 61 positions June 5. Prudential Financial will shed 54 jobs sometime after May 7 but before June 7.
WARN notices make employers give 60 days’ warning before plant closings and mass layoffs happen. The federal law shields workers, their families, and communities by allowing time to brace for job losses…