DHL Supply Chain is laying off 346 workers and closing a package handling facility this summer near the Ontario International Airport.
The company announced its plans in a May 1 letter to the state’s Employment Development Department that indicated the layoffs would begin July 1 and end Aug. 31.
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Janet McGrath, senior director in charge of DHL’s human resources department, wrote that workers at the company’s DHL Supply Chain facility would be laid off permanently, according to a federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification.
A WARN is required when an employer lays off more than 50 employees or a significant percentage of its staff.
DHL Supply Chain is a division of DHL Group, which provides logistics and supply chain management for warehousing, transportation and e-commerce fulfillment.
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In a May 7 email to the Southern California News Group, DHL spokeswoman Marcia McLaughlin attributed the warehouse closure and job cuts to a client that will be relocating a part of their distribution operations.
McLaughlin declined to identify the customer or provide details on where that client is relocating its distribution operations.
“As a result, the warehouse facility that supports our customer’s operations in Ontario, Calif., will begin phasing down July 2025 and will close August 2025,” she said. “DHL has notified its associates and is working closely with impacted team members to identify opportunities to continue their careers as valued members of DHL Supply Chain.”
The facility is located about 8 miles south of the Ontario airport at 5331 S. Carpenter Ave.
The WARN notice said that jobs being eliminated include the general manager, inventory control supervisor, training supervisor, inventory control clerks, mechanics and order filler pickers, the latter of which includes…
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