Medtronic Inc. announced plans to temporarily lay off 237 workers at its Santa Ana business unit by Dec. 4, according to an EDD filing.
In an emailed statement, Medtronic spokeswoman Erika Winkels said that the Santa Ana manufacturing site will temporarily close for three weeks in December.
“Following the company holiday break in late December, we expect production to resume in early January with our full production team,” said Winkels, who made no mention of compensating their furloughed employees over the break.
In a letter filed with EDD on Oct. 4, Medtronic employee relations specialist Bryan Tellez-Tolentino wrote that the company plans to shut down manufacturing due to “roof remediation” at the facility at 1851 E. Deere Ave. Beginning in early December, employees in four “clean rooms” will not be coming on site, he said. “We anticipate that these plans would be temporary.”
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