Justin Brands temporarily ceases production
April 8, 2020
Sheila Harris
In an email dated March 31, 2020, Justin Brands, based in Ft. Worth, Texas, notified Cassville Mayor, Bill Shiveley, and Barry County Presiding Commissioner, Gary Youngblood, of the temporary closure of its Cassville manufacturing facility.
According to Frances Nelson, Human Resources Manager for Justin, the closure is intended to be short term.
“We hope to reemploy our affected workers when the facility reopens,” she said. “We hope that will happen in less than six months, but with the ongoing, unprecedented health crisis surrounding COVID-19, we’re unable to say with any certainty whether that will be the case.”
In an effort to help affected employees, they were paid additional wages after their March 20, 2020 layoff.
147 employees at the Justin Boot manufacturing facility in Cassville were affected by the layoff.
171 employees at the Carthage manufacturing site were also furloughed.
Sheila Harris
In an email dated March 31, 2020, Justin Brands, based in Ft. Worth, Texas, notified Cassville Mayor, Bill Shiveley, and Barry County Presiding Commissioner, Gary Youngblood, of the temporary closure of its Cassville manufacturing facility.
According to Frances Nelson, Human Resources Manager for Justin, the closure is intended to be short term.
“We hope to reemploy our affected workers when the facility reopens,” she said. “We hope that will happen in less than six months, but with the ongoing, unprecedented health crisis surrounding COVID-19, we’re unable to say with any certainty whether that will be the case.”
In an effort to help affected employees, they were paid additional wages after their March 20, 2020 layoff.
147 employees at the Justin Boot manufacturing facility in Cassville were affected by the layoff.
171 employees at the Carthage manufacturing site were also furloughed.