VANDALIA, Ohio -- It has been one week since the Mazer Corporation, in Vandalia, told employees that they were closing its doors by an e-mail and now the lives of 200 people have been turned upside down.

Bob Schultz, a laid-off worker, said, “I was kind of emotional. When you work for a place for 20 years you become family like.”

Schultz said his family doesn’t have much to stand on. He recently learned his insurance was cut off and he won’t get unemployment benefits for at least a month.

The federal warn act requires any company with more than 50 employees to give those workers a 60-day notice in the event of a plant closing or mass layoff.