In a second blow to South Otago this week, up to 10 jobs could go at the Finegand freezing works near Balclutha.
A spokesperson for Silver Fern Farms said the company was in talks with affected staff at its Finegand freezing works over a proposal to reduce the staffing in the maintenance and dry store areas. The jobs were predominantly full-year positions.
The Finegand plant employees 900 staff.
Silver Fern Farms could not confirm the number of potential redundancies or redeployments until the outcome of the consultation was known but said it would be no more than 10 people. An announcement is expected to be made next Wednesday.
Yesterday eight employees spent their last day at the QualitYarns NZ Ltd's woollen mill in Milton, with 20 staff to be re-employed on Monday, working on a casual basis to satisfy immediate needs of some customers. All 28 employees received redundancies notices last week.