State labor department filing details layoffs as Becker College closes for good Updated Apr 30, 2021; WORCESTER — Becker College will lay off 329 people by the end of June as it ceases operations, according to a notice posted Friday with the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Of those 329 positions, 245 jobs are in Worcester and 84 in Leicester, according to the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining (WARN) Act website. The effective date of the layoffs is June 30. Becker College’s board voted in March to close at the end of the current academic year, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, declining enrollment, rising costs and a too-small endowment.