TIFFIN, Ohio — A home furnishings company is laying off about 130 employees from a Tiffin facility as it transitions from a manufacturing to a distribution and warehouse operation, according to a letter sent to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services last week.
The layoffs of hourly Ameriwood Home employees at the facility on Second Avenue in Tiffin happened due to "a significant downturn in our business" as parent company Dorel had to "make some hard financial decisions to survive this economy," the company's letter states.
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The layoffs went into effect on July 8 and leave the facility, which will transition into the Ohio Distribution Center by Sept. 5, with 40 hourly and salary employees.
"We expect that this reduction in workforce will be permanent," the letter to ODJFS from Raymond Toal, president of Dorel's Home Furnishings Division, states. "Employees whose positions are eliminated and who are terminated because of this reorganization will not have bumping rights. It is our understanding that they will be eligible to receive State Unemployment Compensation."
Production operations and equipment at the Tiffin facility will be moved to other production facilities as part of the transition.
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