Here Are The Ohio Companies That Announced Layoffs This Week

CLEVELAND — More than 1 million Ohioans have filed for unemployment over the past six weeks, as the new coronavirus spread across the state. Gov. Mike DeWine has proposed a phased reopening of the economy and some industries will come back online over the next two weeks. But some companies are already announcing layoffs.

More than 90,000 Ohioans applied for unemployment during the week ending April 25, bringing Ohio's total unemployment claims over 1 million since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Several companies are planning further layoffs, according to notices filed with the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services.

Nearly every notice filed with the department cited the unexpected spread of COVID-19 and the economic contract spurred by the virus. Several companies said they hoped to hire workers back when stay-at-home mandates were lifted and business returned to normal.

Here are some of the Ohio companies who notified the department of planned layoffs over the past week:

• LeSaint Logistics, in Cleveland — 70 employees could be laid off
• The Hall China Company in East Liverpool — 40 employees could be laid off
• The Shelly Company in Thornville — 22 employees could be laid off
• Atrium Hospitality in Columbus — 104 employees could be laid off
• ArcelorMittal in Richfield —2 employees could be laid off
• DBOH Associates in Beachwood — 85 employees could be laid off
• Sodexo in Middletown — 57 employees could be laid off
• Enterprise Holdings in Hudson — 95 employees could be laid off
• Enterprise Holdings in Cleveland —79 employees could be laid off
• Enterprise Holdings in Brookpark — 93 employees could be laid off
• American Energy Corporation in Bealsville — 110 employees could be laid off
• Eat'N Park throughout Ohio — 668 employees could be laid off
• OS Restaurant Services throughout Ohio — 3,360 employees could be laid off
• Constant Aviation in Richmond Heights — 52 employees could be laid off
• Belcan in Hamiltion County — 720 employees could be laid off

Nationally, some 30.3 million Americans have filed for unemployment in the six-week period since the coronavirus began affecting jobs. Ohio has seen more than 1 million unemployment claims during that same time period, according to the Department of Labor.

"As states begin the process of reopening and Americans return to work, today's unemployment report reflects once again the hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic," Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia said in a statement.

With more employers cutting payrolls to save money, economists have forecast that the unemployment rate for April could go as high as 20 percent. That would be the highest rate since it reached 25 percent during the Great Depression.