Madison, Wisconsin-based CapTel, a division of Ultratec and a provider of phone captioning services for handicapped individuals has announced a major reduction in force, mainly impacting captioning assistants and supervisors who provide manual real-time captioning.
Layoffs will impact 731 workers in Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas...
Approximately 274 employees, primarily 229 captioning assistants, with 246 employees located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 28 employees located in Madison, Wisconsin. Separations are scheduled for September 20, 2022.
Additionally, 243 employees, including 221 captioning assistants, in Orlando, Florida, and 104 employees, including 89 captioning assistants in Tampa, Florida will be laid off. 110 employees will be laid off in Arlington, Texas.
The decision was driven by the company's release of a new technology that provides customers with a choice of receiving captions through a fully-automated Auto Captions service.
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