Rapid
Response Team Activated to Assist Rexnord Bearings Employees in
Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (October 17, 2016) – The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and its
community partner EmployIndy have
activated the state’s Rapid Response team to assist employees affected
by Rexnord Bearings’ tentative plans to relocate jobs and operations
to Mexico by April 2017.
“In an ideal situation, Rexnord Bearings would choose to remain
and operate in the Hoosier state,” said DWD Commissioner Steven J. Braun. “Should Rexnord choose to move its
operations, DWD and EmployIndy will work together to connect impacted employees
with quality employment as soon as possible. With Indiana’s unemployment rate
at just 4.5 percent, Hoosier employers are actively seeking to hire workers with
manufacturing skills and experience to fill available positions.”
While the company announced Friday that it “tentatively decided”
to move its operations, state services are available to the company and
its employees, and include:
- Onsite contact with employer
and employee union representatives;
- Assessment of worker job
function and skills;
- Matching employee skills with
open positions in local community;
- Providing training as necessary
to affected employees to help them gain new employment; and
- Career counseling and
individual case management for each employee.
DWD and EmployIndy are
reaching out to the company to schedule the first Rapid Response session. For more information, please email Rexnord@employindy.org.
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