Emerson to lay off 87 workers in Charlottesville

Emerson Electric — the St. Louis-based Fortune 500 multinational corporation that provides engineering services and manufactures items such as industrial automation equipment and climate control systems — plans to lay off 87 workers working at its Charlottesville manufacturing facility, starting Dec. 31.

Emerson Automation Solutions, in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, notified the state last week of plans to lay off employees due to the decision to permanently reduce operations at the Emerson subsidiary’s Charlottesville site.

The permanent layoffs, which include both hourly and salaried personnel, will commence on Dec. 31 and conclude on or about Dec. 31, 2026. Emerson Automation Solutions Human Resources Manager Megan Ambrose wrote that neither hourly nor salaried employees are represented by a union.

In the letter, she said that Emerson’s business has declined and a strategic decision  was made to “reduce overhead costs through ‘rooftop’ consolidation.”

“We hope you understand that this action is being taken strictly due to business economics,” she wrote. “We have communicated this decision to all employees at the Charlottesville facility. They have been informed verbally and they are receiving written information as to when their jobs will be eliminated.”

She added that the company has designed a severance plan based on each employee’s length of service. She assured that each employee will be paid wages for all hours worked up to the time of separation.

Emerson did not immediately return requests for comment.

According to Emerson, the Charlottesville location at 2500 Austin Drive is one of 24 North America sites that has been used as a training center, featuring on-site instructor-led courses, virtual classroom, eLearning and blended learning options.