KENTUCKY — Employers from across the state, in various fields, have sent letters to mayors, city governments, and others to notify them they need to layoff employees due to coronavirus.
The letters are a requirement of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining and Notification Act (WARN).
Al J. Schneider Company
The Al J. Scheider Company (ALJSCO) owns several hotels in Louisville and it announced it is laying off 28 people from the following properties:
- The Galt House
- The Embassy Suites by Hilton Louisville Downtown
- The Crowne Plaza
- ALJSCO
The 28 layoffs are permanent and took place on Sept. 14. The company also has an additional 214 employees on temporary furlough.
Steel City Pops
Steel City Pops, the popular popsicle chain here in Louisville is being forced to layoff 32 of its 39 staff members. This is the second furlough for the company since the pandemic. The company says even though it received a Paycheck Protection Payment (PPP) loan, it must let the employees go. The employees work at these locations:
- 1021 Bardstown Road
- 111 Summit at Fritz Farm
- 117 St. Matthews Avenue.
The employees were notified of the layoffs Sept. 14 and the official separation date is Oct. 4.
SP+
SP+ is a parking management service in Northern Kentucky that serves the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). It laid off employees on March 18 and April 1. Those employees were permanently let go on Sept. 17. 115 SP+ employees were laid off and the company thought it would be temporary but as the pandemic has carried on, it has had to examine the situation.
Kentucky has a database of all of the companies across the commonwealth that have had to fill out WARE letters and let employees go. You can see all of the companies and their layoffs here.