DERBY — Griffin Hospital is furloughing 99 workers to “help counter an anticipated revenue loss of $6 million per month,” The Connecticut Post reported Monday. Click here for the story (subscription required).
Hospital officials said the move is directly related to expenses being incurred from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Griffin made the difficult decision to furlough individuals assigned to departments that have ceased operation or that have experienced a substantial reduction in patient care activity or operational workload and who cannot be repurposed to deliver or support the delivery of direct patient care to hospitalized patients.
The economic lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 is causing hardship across the U.S., and the lower Naugatuck Valley has not been spared.
On April 1 officials at Precision Resource, a high-tech manufacturer in Shelton, announced the company would be conducting a temporary layoff of 51 employees. The layoff was scheduled to last two weeks, from April 6 to April 17, according to a letter the company sent the state Department of Labor.
The temporary layoffs are directly related to business dropping off because of the pandemic and the government’s actions to stall COVID-19’s spread.
Last month, 121 Restaurant and Bar, located within the Oxford airport, closed its doors and laid off an unspecified number of workers, according to a letter the restaurant’s owners sent to the state Department of Labor.
In Derby, Archie Moore’s on Elizabeth Street closed its doors shortly after Gov. Ned Lamont’s executive order compelled restaurants to provide takeout and delivery only. Employees said they were told the closing could be temporary. But the owner of the building where Archie’s operated had previously posted a real estate listing saying Archie’s was leaving. Neither the landlord nor Archie’s had returned multiple calls for comment since February.
