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JPMorgan Chase Bank is observed in New York City, U.S., March 21, 2023.

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JPMorgan Chase informed about 1,000 1st Republic Bank workers on Thursday that they will no longer have jobs.

JPMorgan acquired most of 1st Republic’s assets earlier this month following the San Francisco-primarily based regional bank was seized by the government. It marked the second-greatest bank failure in US history.

A JPMorgan spokesperson told CNN that the bank updated all 1st Republic workers on Thursday about their future employment status and the vast majority — or almost 85% — have been supplied a transitional or complete-time part.

That leaves 15%, or about 1,000, 1st Republic workers who are not getting an employment give. News of the job effect was previously reported by the Monetary Occasions.

JPMorgan stated the company’s Might 1 deal with the Federal Deposit Insurance coverage Corporation to purchase most of 1st Republic did not involve all of the company’s workers.

“We’ve been transparent with their workers and kept our guarantee to update them on their employment status inside 30 days,” JPMorgan stated in a statement. “We recognize that they have been below strain and uncertainty considering that March and hope that currently will bring clarity and closure.”

The bank stated that workers who have not been supplied a part will acquire spend and added benefits covering 60 days and will be supplied a package that contains an further lump sum as effectively as continuing added benefits coverage and sources to discover new possibilities.

It is not clear how numerous 1st Republic workers that have been supplied employment at JPMorgan will have complete-time versus transitional roles.

The transitional roles becoming supplied to some 1st Republic workers will final for a period of involving 3 and 12 months, JPMorgan stated.

Right after regulators shut 1st Republic down, JPMorgan won a competitive bidding procedure run by the FDIC. JPMorgan agreed to make a $ten.six billion payment to the corporation.

Some progressives like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have been vital of the 1st Republic deal since it permitted America’s greatest bank to get even larger.