Rocky Hill Business Braces For Layoffs

ROCKY HILL, CT - Lincoln Corporation Facility will layoff 83 workers, according to FOX 61. Employees were notified of the layoffs in August 2018, which will take place in September.

The Rocky Hill facility of the company was purchased from Liberty Mutual Insurance in 2018. Positions being lost include managers, directors, claim specialists and administrative assistants, according to FOX 61.

This news comes right on the heels of more bad economic news for Connecticut as Shelton-based electric product manufacturer Hubbell Inc. will close its Newtown plant over the next six months and move most of the work to its Puerto Rico facility. The plant currently employs 140 people, according to Hearst Connecticut Media.

The company's Burndy Bethel plant will also close, according to the Connecticut Department of Labor. The facility employs 54 people and layoffs are scheduled to take place between Aug. 2 and Dec. 31.

Hubbell renewed its lease for its Shelton headquarters, according to Hearst. The company will still employ more than 650 people in Connecticut even after the two plants close.

Gun manufacturer Stag Arms announced it would move out of its New Britain facility to a community that has more support for the firearm industry.

And the state's largest employer, United Technologies Corp. is planning to relocate about 100 jobs from its headquarters in Farmington to the Boston area as part of a giant merger. But UTC is planning to add up to 1,000 new jobs in Connecticut over the next several years, Gov. Lamont has said.