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...

Hundreds of CVS employees in Connecticut will find themselves without jobs by the end of the year, the company announced Friday. Of the 520 people being laid off — most of whom work in corporate — 306 are physically based in Connecticut, CVS confirmed to the Daily News. “We’re required to include employees who work remotely in other states but report to someone who is located in Connecticut,” a CVS representative said via email. The layoffs, which are scheduled to begin Oct. 21, were announced in a letter addressed to...

CVS Health says it will cut 521 jobs, including about 200 remote positions, at Hartford-based Aetna starting in October. The company filed a written notice about the layoffs with the state Department of Labor Friday. “These terminations will affect employees who work (and may also reside) in Connecticut, and also includes a significant number of employees who are outstationed (‘remote’) employees,” the notice reads. When factoring in remote workers who are being laid off, the company says “only 306 positions that are being terminated are held by Connecticut residents.” The...