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County receives notice of planned WVU Research Corp. layoff affecting 507 workers
Summary
Monongalia County administrators reported receipt of a worker adjustment notification from West Virginia University Research Corporation indicating a planned mass layoff of 507 employees on Oct. 30, 2025; the notice says many employees will be rehired under a different entity doing similar jobs.
Monongalia County administrators told commissioners on Sept. 10 they received a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) from West Virginia University Research Corporation indicating a planned layoff of 507 employees effective Oct. 30, 2025.
Administrator Renetta McClure read the correspondence into the record and said, based on the notice, the company expects to rehire those workers under a different entity performing substantially the same jobs. Commissioners did not take action at the meeting but acknowledged receipt of the notice and said staff will retain the correspondence in county records.
The transcript does not provide additional details on which positions or departments are affected, or whether any county services will be directly impacted; staff described the notice as "a layoff from their current structure" but stated that the jobs are expected to continue in a different corporate arrangement.
