Sears Canada / Laying off close to 800 workers

Sears Canada Inc. is laying off close to 800 employees as it reorganizes its repair services and parts business and makes cuts at head office.

The changes over the next six months will affect 712 associates in repair services and 79 at head office, it said in a news release Tuesday.

Sears said it is improving efficiency by shutting its parts processing centre in Belleville, Ont. as well as 16 stand-alone locations across the country. Parts processing will be centralized in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal.

Its Sears repair technicians and support teams will be laid off and the work will shift to Sears-authorized contracted technicians in mid-sized cities, though Sears technicians will continue to do the work in large cities. It also plans to shift repair work to its appliance suppliers.

“The changes we are announcing today are being made to bring the structure of our organization in line with the size of our business,” president Doug Campbell said in a statement.

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