Greeley auto dealer furloughs 42 workers, Pac-12 Network lays off 4, Vail cuts hundreds
GREELEY and DENVER — The Mike Shaw Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram car dealership at 2501 35th Ave. in Greeley will furlough 42 employees.
“These sudden and unexpected circumstances [related to COVID-19] adversely affected our business operations and, unfortunately, prevented us from providing notice sooner,” the company wrote in a notice filed this week the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
WARN Act notices are generally required when a company with more than 100 employees has a mass layoff or closes.
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“Our present expectation is that the furlough will be temporary,” according to the notice.
Mike Shaw Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram joins a growing list of auto dealerships that have shed workers during the coronavirus crisis, including Mile High Honda/Acura in Denver, Mercedes-Benz of Littleton and Stevinson Lexus of Frederick.
Meanwhile, Pac-12 Enterprises LLC, which does business as Pac-12 Network, will sever its relationship with 531 part-time, seasonal and freelance employees, including four in Colorado.
The network covers 850 sporting events each year, including University of Colorado games. However, the coronavirus outbreak has indefinitely paused intercollegiate athletics.
According to a notice filed this week with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, the Pac-12 does not plan to use the services of freelancers until May 23 at the earliest.
The network’s existing freelance network will remain on the Pac-12’s “active roster,” according to WARN documents. Workers with assignments scheduled between March 13 and April 5 will be paid out.
This week’s layoffs are just the latest in a series of blows recently absorbed by the Pac-12.
On Monday, the Mercury News — which covers portions of the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Pac-12 is headquartered — reported commissioner Larry Scott and members of his staff will take pay cuts. The newspaper also reported the Pac-12 Network is planning an overall 8% staffing cut.
In the mountains, Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MTN) filed layoff notices for nearly 2,000 employees at more than a dozen resorts and ski areas:
- Breckenridge Ski Resort, 105 employees
- Colorado Ski & Golf, 133
- Keystone Resort, 147
- Keystone Conference Center, 75
- Keystone Lodging, 200
- Vail Mountain, 204
- Beaver Creek Resort, 297
- Colorado Mountain Express, 198
- Bicycle Village, 65
- Vail Beaver Creek Resort Properties, 79
- Arrabelle at Vail Square, 82
- The Lodge at Vail, 89
- Vail Marriott Mountain Resort, 250
