More than 200 Carrier Corp. workers will unexpectedly get to keep their jobs through the holidays.

Carrier is planning to make its final round of layoffs a little later than expected. The company has postponed layoffs by nearly three weeks from Dec. 22 until Jan. 11. In addition, Carrier said Tuesday the cuts won't be quite as deep as previously announced.

Carrier expects to lay off 215 people in January, down from its last estimate of 275. That would bring the total number of layoffs to 553 for the year, down from a previous figure of 660. The company in a statement said it reduced the number of layoffs because of attrition.

The layoffs come as Carrier is moving its fan coil production to Monterrey, Mexico. The outsourcing was part of the deal Carrier parent company United Technologies Corp. reached last year with the incoming Trump administration.

Carrier cut ties with 338 manufacturing workers July 20, which coincided with the 6-month mark of Donald Trump's presidency. The company classified those job cuts as voluntary.

Carrier has committed to keeping its Indianapolis factory open and retaining close to 1,100 employees at the site, while laying off those who make fan coils, as well as another 700 workers at a factory in Huntington near Fort Wayne.

Then-Gov. Mike Pence arranged for Carrier to receive up to $7 million in conditional state tax incentives and training grants — one of his final acts before leaving the governor's office.

Carrier expects to retain about 800 manufacturing workers in Indianapolis. The site also will include more than 250 engineering and office jobs.

Robert James, the president of United Steelworkers Local 1999, which represents Carrier workers, said Carrier has not yet communicated its latest plans to the union.

Workers who lose their jobs at Carrier will receive one week of pay for each year spent with the company, plus six months of insurance. The jobs pay an average of about $22 an hour.

Indianapolis is using the $1.2 million that the city clawed back from Carrier to give workers up to $1,000 in reimbursements as they seek new jobs, and also to provide incentives to employers to hire them.

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