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One hundred and six workers connected to the Macy’s Supply Chain Backstage Operation at South Windsor will be laid off, according to Macy’s. Macy’s said in a letter to the state of Connecticut Labor Department and South Windsor Mayor Audrey Delnicki that the layoffs are a result of a “plant closing of an operating unit,” that will occur at the Macy’s South Windsor Distribution Center, located at 301 Governors Hwy. “At this point, the entire Backstage operation at the Macy’s South Windsor location will be closing,” the letter by Macy’s Jonathan Castro, senior director, Human Resource Business Partner, Supply Chain. “Job eliminations are permanent and will occur between December 28, 2025, and January 10, 2026,” Castro wrote. Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recently Castro noted the letter is to provide the state and town with advance notification as required by the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act las, and applicable Connecticut state law, and related Department of Labor regulations. Macy provided a list of job titles of positions expected to be “affected at this time and the number of affected employees in each job classification.” He said information about severance and other benefits would be made available to impacted employees as well as information about the opportunity to transfer to open positions in nearby Macy’s locations. “Macy’s colleagues have no bumping rights. Should an employee be re-hired by Macy’s at a later date, service date, pay rate and benefits will be in accordance with then-existing policies and practices,” he wrote. Casto also noted that no employees are represented by a union. CT company laying off dozens before the holidays. Here is what it told the state. “We are committed to making this transition as smooth as possible,” he wrote. A message seeking comment was sent to Delnicki. The Macy’s layoff news comes about week after CVS Health notified the state it is laying off dozens of employees that report to the Hartford headquarters of its Aetna health insurance business, a round of job cuts touched off by the loss of a contract involving government health care programs for seniors. CVS said it would layoff 72 workers after losing a contract for its Aetna Medicare Medicaid Program in 2026, affecting employees that are working remotely in three states — Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky, according to a notice filed recently with the Connecticut labor department.
