layoffs

A major Shell oil refinery in Convent is closing this month because the company failed to sell it.The refinery employed nearly 700 people full-time and…

A total of 173 state employees have been laid off in the first two months of the fiscal year that started July 1.Lindsay Ruiz de Chavez, with the state…

Ormet Corp. plans to lay off 200 people at its alumina plant in Ascension Parish because of reduced demand caused by rising power rates in Ohio.The…

The Orleans Parish School Board plans to lay off nearly two dozen employees, largely because of a drop in federal funding for low-income students and…

Layoffs began at The Times-Picayune today, as the newspaper shifts from a seven-day-a-week printed product to an online news organization.Employees were…