Walgreens cutting 10% of corporate workforce, including in Deerfield and Chicago

Deerfield-based retailer Walgreens Boots Alliance is laying off about 10% of its corporate employees. (Daily Herald)

Walgreens Boots Alliance, facing a pileup of financial obligations for opioid litigation and other legal matters, is laying off 504 corporate employees.

Spokesman Marty Maloney confirmed the layoffs Thursday, saying most of the cuts will be at the drugstore giant’s Deerfield headquarters or its Chicago office. He said the layoffs represent about 10% of its corporate workforce.