{"id":21772,"date":"2022-04-16T20:22:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T00:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=21772"},"modified":"2022-04-16T20:22:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T00:22:15","slug":"stryker-lays-off-88-more-workers-plowing-ahead-with-a-plan-to-close-the-lakeland-florida-facility-and-eliminate-495-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/04\/16\/stryker-lays-off-88-more-workers-plowing-ahead-with-a-plan-to-close-the-lakeland-florida-facility-and-eliminate-495-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Stryker lays off 88 more workers, plowing ahead with a plan to close the Lakeland Florida facility and eliminate 495 jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The next wave in a year-long program of rolling layoffs at a Stryker facility in Florida is scheduled to take place at the end of May, the company said in a recent filing with the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A total of 88 jobs at the Lakeland, Florida, office will be on the chopping block on May 31. More than two-thirds of them are production associate positions, while the remainder includes automation feeders, cleaners, production specialists, and a handful of team leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The med tech giant provided the information in a March 31 letter to Florida\u2019s Rapid Response dislocated worker coordination unit, in compliance with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which requires that companies give two months\u2019 notice before permanently closing a facility or laying off 50 or more workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cStryker constantly evaluates our business to ensure our resources are aligned to drive growth, serve our customers and increase operating efficiencies in a complex global environment. After a careful and detailed analysis, we have decided to close our Lakeland, Florida, facility and move these operations to other Stryker locations,\u201d the company said in a statement sent to Fierce Medtech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a multi-year initiative started in 2021. People are one of our most important values, and we will support impacted employees throughout the closure process,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of October 2021, in another WARN filing, Stryker notified the state of its intent to eliminate a total of 523 jobs and to permanently close the Lakeland facility by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter attached to that notice, the device maker\u00a0said it would begin by laying off 26 employees on Dec. 31, then \u201celiminate another 497 positions on a rolling basis\u201d by the same date in 2023, for a total of 523 layoffs. Once again, the vast majority of workers affected by the first round of job cuts were production associates of all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The March 31 notice affirmed Stryker\u2019s decision to move forward with the next phase of the cuts. It clarified that 22 positions had ultimately been eliminated at the end of December, rather than the originally planned 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall layoff total has also changed: With the December cuts, the upcoming 88 in May, and another 385 positions that are on deck to be eliminated on a rolling basis by the end of 2023, the number of layoffs linked to the Lakeland facility\u2019s shutdown now clocks in at 495.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the company, none of the positions affected by the scheduled cuts qualify for bumping rights\u2014in which a laid-off senior employee can stay on by taking over a less-senior worker\u2019s role\u2014and none are represented by a union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWe hope to implement this program of layoffs with the least possible disruption to our employees and the community,\u201d Stryker said in both WARN notices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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