About 250 employees are being laid off and 500 positions are being cut by Louisville’s Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare Inc. as part of a cost-saving plan. The reductions are slated to occur through the end March, according to Business Journal. They will include middle- and senior-level management positions as well as support staff. “We have [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 26, 2009
Convergys, a human resources and customer management outsourcing company based in Cincinnati, is filling 200 new positions at its contact center in Kentucky. The company says these positions have arisen primarily due to one new customer. Some of the positions are part time or seasonal with the remainder to be full time permanent [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 24, 2009
Henderson, Kentucky’s Brenntag Mid-South is expanding its facility, adding up to 15 to its 200-strong workforce. The $1.6 million expansion will be complete by the end of the year, and hiring will begin in early 2010. Brenntag provides chemical distribution, logistics and custom chemical services. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Friday, August 7, 2009
Apparel manufacturer Fruit of the Loom will relocate 270 jobs from Alexander City and Monroeville, Alabama, to the firm’s Bowling Green, Kentucky headquarters. The company will lay off 58 workers at its Russel plant in Monroeville, and 218 at its Vanity Fair plant in Alexander City. The transition will be complete by December. Some employees will [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Clarcor will layoff 150 workers at its Rockford, Illinois plant, and an undisclosed number at its Campbellsville, Kentucky facility. Second-quarter earnings were down 32% from Q2 2008. But the firm intends to reverse the trend with new products in 2010 and 2011. Franklin, Tennessee’s Clarcor is a distributor of industrial, mobile and consumer filter products and services. Share [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 3, 2009
The Cincinnati Enquirer, that city’s only daily newspaper, has informed its employees that 100 people will be laid off next week. The paper’s parent company, Gannett, is in the midst of eliminating 1,400 jobs. Founded in 1840, The Cincinnati Enquirer is the highest-circulation print publication in Greater Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky. Its circulation is 206,320 daily [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 26, 2009
a The firm will get up to $2.5 million in tax benefits from the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority. One hundred new jobs will be created, while 150 Kentucky employees will be retained. The new jobs will pay around $50,000. EQT Corporation is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based integrated energy company, supplying natural gas, crude oil, and gas-related services to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 25, 2009
Louisville, Kentucky’s Lightyear Network Solutions is expanding, creating 148 jobs. The firm is considering expanding its wireless service, creating new jobs with an annual payroll of $4.3 million. The state will give Lightyear $2.8 million in state tax incentives. Lightyear itself will spend $6.3 million. Lightyear Network Solutions LLC is a telecommunications company that sells long-distance and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 22, 2009
Presidium will expand its Somerset, Kentucky campus, investing $8.3 million and creating 200 full-time jobs. The Somerset facility currently employs 250. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority is offering Presidium up to $4,185,000 in tax incentives. Founded in 2003, Presidium is a provider of IT and student service desk solutions to higher education institutions. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Erlanger, Kentucky’s Comair, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, is shuttering a maintenance base at Orlando International Airport in Florida in September. Eighty-one jobs will be lost. Some employees may be bumped to other positions within Comair. Comair is one of the world’s largest regional airlines and, with over $1 billion in annual revenue, would be [...]
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