LAYOFFS: Sealed Air Corporation closing Diversey Headquarters in Sturtevant

STURTEVANT (WITI) -- Sealed Air Corporation will close its Diversey Headquarters facility at 8310 16th St. in Sturtevant on September 30th, 2015. This, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

Layoffs of 165 workers are expected to begin on April 3rd, 2015, and end on June 20th, 2017.

Additional employees will be relocated out of state, according to the layoff notice. The Department of Workforce Development will be working with the Southeast Workforce Development Board staff to assist the affected workers.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Dislocated Worker Program provides assistance to workers, companies, and communities affected by mass layoffs or business closings.

Under state law, employers employing 50 or more individuals in the state may be required to give 60 days notice before a mass layoff or closing. Once the state becomes aware of any event affecting 50 or more workers, the Dislocated Worker Program's Rapid Response Team reach out and offer assistance to the affected workers and employer.

DWD Rapid Response staff will:

Affected workers have access to numerous services to help them become re-employed. Basic services, most of which are available to anyone at no charge through the state's Job Centers, include:

More intensive and retraining services can become available for some workers under one or more DWD Workforce development programs. These intensive services can include:

DWD will also look at each dislocation to determine if the workers have lost their jobs as a result of foreign trade or competition. If that is the case, workers may be eligible for additional assistance for federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). Services available under TAA include training, income support while in training, job search allowance and relocation allowance.

Wisconsin spends nearly $40 million annually serving approximately 20,000 dislocated workers in various programs. Wisconsin consistently ranks highly among states in receipt of discretionary federal funding for dislocated workers.