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TOPEKA | Nearly 15 percent of employees at the Hallmark Cards Inc. plant in Topeka have accepted a buyout deal offered by the company. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported on its Web site that Hallmark spokeswoman Julie O’Dell said it’s not yet clear if there will be “any additional impact” at the plant, which employs 680 people. In April, Hallmark said it would reduce its U.S. work force by 550 to 750 jobs. It said it would see how many workers accepted the severance package before determining the number of layoffs. At that time, the company planned to cut between 350 and 450 jobs from its manufacturing and distribution operations in Liberty, Mo.; Enfield, Conn.; Center, Texas; Metamora, Ill.; and the Kansas communities of Lawrence, Leavenworth and Topeka. Sources: http://www.kansascity.com/382/story/1259320.
More than 100 employees of Hallmark Cards Inc. in Lawrence have agreed to accept buyouts and leave the company, as Hallmark seeks to reduce its U.S. workforce. Since the company started offering buyouts in April, 107 of the 700 employees at the company’s Lawrence production center have accepted voluntary severance offers, said Julie O’Dell, a Hallmark spokeswoman. Some employees already have left, while others will work through June 30.The buyouts represent 15.3 percent of employees at the plant at 101 McDonald Drive — a reduction rate about twice as high as the planned 6 percent to 8 percent cut that had been announced in April for Hallmark’s U.S. personal expressions business. Employees also were offered buyouts at Hallmark’s production centers in Topeka and Leavenworth; two distribution centers; two fixture operations; plus some operations employees in Kansas City, Mo. Among 4,451 employees at sites with workers eligible for buyouts, 425 accepted — a rate of about 9.5 percent. “This
More than 100 employees of Hallmark Cards Inc. in Lawrence have agreed to accept buyouts and leave the company, as Hallmark seeks to reduce its U.S. workforce. Since the company started offering buyouts in April, 107 of the 700 employees at the company’s Lawrence production center have accepted voluntary severance offers, said Julie O’Dell, a Hallmark spokeswoman. Some employees already have left, while others will work through June 30. The buyouts represent 15.3 percent of employees at the plant at 101 McDonald Drive — a reduction rate about twice as high as the planned 6 percent to 8 percent cut that had been announced in April for Hallmark’s U.S. personal expressions business. Sources: http://www2.ljworld.
