Approximately 1,000 NJ Jobs Will Be Gone By The New Year

Some of the announcements came before the stock market plummeted on Tuesday, and talk of a possible recession arose. But the sting of about 1,000 layoffs coming to New Jersey will still hurt nonetheless.

New Jersey will have at least 1,311 layoffs within the next two months – 826 of which will come by Jan. 1. Much of the layoffs will happen in retail, where New Jersey has had a number of store closings this year, and in the health care industry.

Indeed, two Gloucester County stores are among the 142 stores nationwide that will close after Sears announced it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy two months ago.

The Sears at the Deptford Mall will be closing, according to documents filed in federal court in New York by Sears Holding on Monday. Additionally, the parent company of Sears and Kmart said the Kmart at 779 Delsea Drive North in Glassboro will be closing. Read more: Sears, Kmart In Gloucester County Among 142 Closing Nationwide

The Memorial Hospital of Salem County has also shed a number of jobs as it has deal with ownership changes and other issues.

Gov. Phil Murphy addressed the issue recently when he responded a report from The United Way that said more than 1 million families in New Jersey are "income-constrained" He said the assessment "proves beyond any doubt" the need for efforts to both grow the economy and make it more fair.

Murphy said his economic agenda has a clear focus on creating good new jobs and on expanding workforce development.

“But, we must also recommit to taking immediate action to raise New Jersey’s minimum wage and put it on a path to $15 an hour," he said. "The Legislature has given its strong support in the past to raising the wage. I have never wavered in my commitment. We must make this a legislative priority and work to enact it before the end of the upcoming holidays. Economic stability would be among the best holiday gifts we could possibly give our ALICE families. We can, and must, deliver.”

Here are the job layoffs, when they will take effect and where:

• Sears Auto Store, Deptford 12/31/18 10
• Sears, Roebuck and Company, Deptford 12/31/18 77
• Sears, Roebuck and Compay, Middletown 12/31/18 57
• Solix Parsippany, 12/31/18 149
• Virtua Center for HealthFitness, Washington Township 12/31/18 125
• Salem Clinic Corporation, Salem 12/31/18 11
• Salem Clinic Corporation, Salem 12/31/18 28
• Salem Home Care Services, LLC Salem 12/31/18 19
• Salem Hospital Corporation, Salem 12/31/18 339
• Salem Medical Professionals, P.C. Salem 12/31/18 11
• NSC National Wholesale Liquidators Lodi 1/1/19 152
• CA Technologies, Ewing 1/7/19 54
• Lord & Taylor, Eatontown 1/31/19 124
• Sun Pharma, Cranbury 1/31/19 96
• IQE RF, LLC Somerset 1/31/19 22
• Allied Beverage Group, LLC Mt. Laurel 2/2/19 37

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