Illinois to lose nearly 800 jobs in coming months

Illinois is bracing to lose another 776 jobs in the next few months. OfficeMax Inc. reported that it will lay off 137 workers in Ottawa. Naperville-based OfficeMax Inc. and Office Depot Inc., based in Boca Raton, Fla., merged in late 2013, and the company chose to locate its headquarters in Florida – not Illinois. Last...

Illinois is bracing to lose another 776 jobs in the next few months.

OfficeMax Inc. reported that it will lay off 137 workers in Ottawa.

Naperville-based OfficeMax Inc. and Office Depot Inc., based in Boca Raton, Fla., merged in late 2013, and the company chose to locate its headquarters in Florida – not Illinois. Last month, officials said they would start moving 1,600 jobs out of Illinois.

Seven other companies gave notice that they will shed a total of 639 Illinois jobs, according to the state’s April Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN report.

The highest reported layoffs came from Maryville Behavioral Health Hospital, which is set to close, leaving 143 workers without jobs.

Illinois Bell is closing a location in suburban Hoffman Estates, which will cut 103 jobs.