L Brands distribution centers are hiring for holiday season

L Brands is hiring more than 4,000 seasonal distribution center associates for holiday positions.

Opportunities are available at the retailer’s campuses on East Broad Street, Morse Road, Groveport and the Easton area. Pay ranges from $16.50 to $22 per hour with the seasonal peak premium.

Interested applicants can apply online at dcjobs.lb.com or visit one of the company’s two employment centers, at the East Broad Street campus and the Morse Road campus.

Interested applicants can also text MGJOBS to 97211 to schedule an interview and ask questions about open positions.

Applicants will be welcome through mid-december with opportunities to transition into long-term employment.

Retirement offers part of Ford’s white-collar job cuts

Ford Motor Co. will offer early retirement incentives with hopes of cutting its U.S. white-collar workforce by 1,400 more positions.

Kumar Galhotra, the company's president of the Americas, told employees about the offers Wednesday. The company says they're part of an $11 billion restructuring plan that started more than a year ago.

Most of the reductions would take place in the area of Dearborn, Michigan, where Ford has its headquarters and large product development and engineering operations.

A spokesman says Ford expects to meet its goals with the offers. If it doesn't, then it may consider involuntary separations.

The offers will go to U.S. salaried workers who are eligible to retire as of Dec. 31. Those approved to retire would leave the company by the end of the year.

New hiring not keeping up with high US unemployment

U.S. companies added jobs at a modest pace last month, a private survey found, a sign that while hiring continues, it is only soaking up a relatively small proportion of the unemployed.

Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that businesses added 428,000 jobs in August, a figure that before the pandemic would have represented a healthy gain. But the increase represents a small slice of the 12 million jobs that have been lost to the spread of the coronavirus.

ADP said the bulk of the gains were at large companies, which added 298,000 jobs. Small businesses with less than 50 employees gained just 52,000 positions, while medium-sized firms — with between 50 and 499 employees — added 79,000 jobs.

Macy’s posts a loss, but not as large as anticipated

Macy’s Inc. on Wednesday reported a fiscal second-quarter loss of $431 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

The New York-based company said it had a loss of $1.39 per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 81 cents per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of $1.78 per share.

The department store operator posted revenue of $3.56 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. The company said sales were strong across its three brands: its namesake as well as Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury.

Digital sales rose 53% over the second quarter of 2019. Overall comparable sales — or sales in stores open at least a year — were down 34.7% on an owned basis and down 35.1% on an owned plus licensed basis.

Expanded Telhio location to include new features

Telhio Credit Union expects to complete its $1.5 million expansion of its Northland Village branch at 1795 Morse Road by December.

The office will feature what’s called integrated teller machines with biometric authentication. The machines can dispense coins, vary the denomination of dollars withdrawn as cash, print out statements and allow members to make payments on loans and mortgages.

The Northland Village location was previously a drive-thru only location with a walk-up service window.

The expansion will add 1,857 square feet to the office.

From staff and wire reports