Trump's Jupiter Golf Club Lays Off 92 Following Cuts at Mar-a-Lago, Doral Resort
Other big names in South Florida hospitality also announced widespread furloughs and layoffs.
April 27, 2020 at 05:20 PM
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The outside of the ballroom before republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump holds a press conference at Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida on March 8, 2016. Credit: Handout/The Palm Beach Post via ZUMA Wire
President Donald Trump's Jupiter golf club furloughed 92 staff members, the third major Trump property in South Florida to let go of employees amid the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach laid off 153 employees and his Trump National Doral Miami golf resort and spa laid off and furloughed 560 workers, according to U.S. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices filed with the state.
The 285-acre Trump National Golf Club Jupiter features a 7,242-yard, 18-hole course designed by golf great Jack Nicklaus.hips.
The former employees include 12 cooks, 17 servers and three spa concierges, according to the filing with the state Department of Economic Opportunity's trade and rapid response coordinator.
The widespread closures of nonessential businesses imposed by counties and municipalities has impacted others as well.
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood furloughed 183 workers, including 32 cooks, 48 servers, 30 sales associates and 13 dishwashers.
Two big-name Miami Beach hotels collectively laid off 570 employees with The Palms Hotel & Spa laying off 230 and the SLS South Beach planning to lay off 340 on Friday, according to state records. The 251-key Palms Hotel is at 3025 Collins Ave., and the 140-key SLS is at 1701 Collins Ave.
The pandemic also hit retailers hard. Perry Ellis International Inc., a men's and women's clothes designer and distributor, laid off 201 employees at a Doral warehouse at 3000 NW 107th Ave. and another 127 at a Tampa warehouse.
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