CVS to lay off 1,000 assigned to R.I., Conn. offices

CVS Health will lay off about 1,000 workers assigned to Rhode Island and Connecticut offices, according to notices filed with labor officials in both states. The job cuts are part of a previously disclosed layoff that will eliminate 5,000 jobs company-wide. CVS, based in Woonsocket, R.I., said the layoffs include remote workers who live elsewhere but report to the company’s locations in Woonsocket and and Cumberland, R.I. and Hartford, where the Aetna health insurance unit is headquartered. About 200 of the employees assigned to Rhode Island facilities live in the...