The Port Washington-based beauty products manufacturer Ivy Enterprises will be moving 24 jobs to New Jersey, according to a WARN notice posted on the website of the New York Department of Labor.
The notice, which was posted on Oct. 9, said that the company would be moving 24 warehouse jobs across the state line. The move will take place on Jan. 7.
The remaining 108 employees will remain in Port Washington, according to the company’s legal counsel, David Cho. He said the company decided to move its warehouse to Piscataway, New Jersey, to be closer to where its imported products arrive. He also said the company will receive incentives from New Jersey.
The company is already receiving incentives from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. In 2013, the agency and Ivy reached an agreement on a 12-year property tax break that included a $583,000 sales tax exemption on equipment and $105,000 off a mortgage recording tax, on the condition that the company renovated its 72,300-square-foot warehouse and offices in Port Washington.
The company also agreed to add 30 jobs to its existing workforce of 80, bringing the total to 110. Because Ivy Enterprises hired the additional workers, Cho said he believed the company had held up its end of the agreement.
“I don’t believe we’ll be losing IDA money because we’ve kept jobs at number expected and grown,” he said, stressing that only the warehouse will be leaving Long Island. “We’re continuing to grow in Port Washington.”
Nassau IDA Executive Director Joseph Kearney was aware of the move.
“Remedies will be available if there is significant reduction in the [company’s] workforce,” he told Newsday, adding that a clawback provision could be one of those remedies.
Cho said the affected employees had the option to follow the jobs to New Jersey but all declined to move. They will receive severance packages tied to seniority and will receive outplacement services, Newsday reported.
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