NEW YORK – PerkinElmer laid off 44 workers during the second quarter, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company disclosed in its Form 10-Q recently.

The layoffs were part of a restructuring plan to "realign resources to emphasize growth initiatives."

The company laid off 105 employees in Q1 as part of a similar restructuring plan.

In Q2 PerkinElmer recorded charges of about $5.6 million related to the restructuring plan, including $4.5 million in the Discovery & Analytical Solutions segment and $1.1 million in the Diagnostics segment.