United Technologies Cancels 4,000 Potential Staff Furloughs
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United Technologies Corp., the sixth-largest U.S. government contractor, reversed plans to furlough as many as 4,000 workers after the Pentagon said most civilian employees sent home in the federal shutdown will be put back to work.
The Hartford, Connecticut-based company had planned to put 2,000 workers on leave beginning tomorrow at its Sikorsky Aircraft unit, which makes Black Hawk helicopters, after military inspectors required to monitor production work were put on leave. Another 2,000 workers at the contractor’s Pratt & Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems had faced furloughs if the shutdown extended into this week.