Becker College Worcester Leicester layoffs Massachusetts WARN closing June employees
Two-hundred-forty-five jobs are in Worcester; 84 are in Leicester. The filing was made as part of the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act, which is triggered when certain thresholds for layoffs or plant closings are met. Becker College’s board voted this March to close at the end of the academic year, citing declining enrollment, rising costs, an insufficient endowment and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.