EDMC reduces workforce 3 percentPITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh-based Education Management Corp. has laid off hundreds of employees at Art Institute campuses across the country, including 41 in the city.The 3-percent reduction in the corporation’s workforce comes as the for-profit college operator adjusts to declining enrollment. Spokesman Bob Greenlee declined Wednesday to provide an exact count on the layoffs.The company had more than 17,000 employees as of last fall and the layoffs come after 200 employees in Pittsburgh were told they would lose their jobs as the company moved its online Art Institute division to Phoenix.EDMC has struggled with falling admissions and declining profits after the Justice Department challenged its enrollment and recruiting practices.The company in November agreed to pay $95.5 million in penalties and forgive $102.8 million in student loans.

Brewery to pay fine, treat wastewaterHARRISBURG — The country’s oldest brewery has installed an $8 million wastewater pretreatment system and will pay a $2.8 million fine to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act.Federal authorities say in a consent decree filed Thursday that D.G. Yuengling & Son agreed to the penalty to settle allegations that it discharged pollutants into a municipal wastewater treatment plant numerous times between 2008 and 2015.Authorities say in a complaint filed concurrently with the settlement that the Pottsville-based company violated pretreatment permit requirements, including discharge limits for pollutants, at least 141 times in that time period.Yuengling says the agreement strengthens its environmental protocols. Company officials say the brewery wastewater isn’t toxic, but the organic materials can upset the Greater Pottsville Area Sewer Authority’s treatment process.

Macy’s CEO to step down next yearNEW YORK — Macy’s longtime CEO Terry Lundgren will step down early next year, the company announced Thursday as it struggles to reinvent itself amid online competition and changing consumer habits.Lundgren, 64, will be replaced by Macy’s President Jeff Gennette, 55, who was promoted to that role from chief merchandising officer nearly two years ago.