Employment Layoffs in Miami-Dade County During the Next 60 Days... (Miami Lakes: buying, school)

[buttlerfly11]

The U.S. Department of Labor requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of mass layoffs.

The State of Florida has 24 Regional Workforce Boards, which are responsible for providing direct assistance to employers and workers affected by layoffs and business closings.

Here is a list of expected layoffs in Miami-Dade County during the next 60 days, as posted by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity:

• Walgreens (123 employees affected)
  14901 N.W. 79th Ct.
  Miami Lakes, FL 33016
• Jackson Health System (920 employees affected)
  1611 N.W. 12th Avenue
  Miami, FL 33136
• Mitsui Bussan Logistics, Inc. (192 employees affected)
  Statewide
  Statewide, FL 00000

Approximate Amount of Employees Affected: 1,235

SOURCES:
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity: 2012 *WARN Notices

U.S. Department of Labor: Compliance Assistance By Law - The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) (http://www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-warn.htm - broken link)

[portorro]

Tmobile will lay off 1900 people nationwide too. Im sure many are in Miami.

[tallrick]

Funny how they have plenty of money for a Marlin's White Elephant Stadium and not enough to keep the public hospital system running. Walgreens surprises me because they have popped up on every corner like Florida holly trees. In fact, all the interesting places I remember as a kid have been replaced by Walgreens or Leon medical centers. No wonder I hate both of them.

[Michael Di Meo]

I am one of those who just got laid off from Jackson. However, my friends at UM Medical School tell me they are laying off 1,000 there too, during the month of May. The reason given was that since Jackson is shrinking and cannot afford to pay UM anymore for physician services, UM is now in a huge financial deficit too, and so they have to cut staff. Others have said it was because UM overpaid the Cedars Hospital acquisition by at least $75million, and the fact they are $50 million in the hole now means that they totally underestimated the value of buying Cedars.

Honestly, I am not sure who to believe, all I know is that I am out of a job, and I am going to try to move forward and put this nightmare behind me.

[tallrick]

UM has a history of wasting money on everything they purchase. As for Jackson, I have known many people whose lives were saved there and it is a disgrace that bad management and a corrupt county let them down.

[Edu983]

Originally Posted by buttlerfly11

The U.S. Department of Labor requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of mass layoffs.

The State of Florida has 24 Regional Workforce Boards, which are responsible for providing direct assistance to employers and workers affected by layoffs and business closings.

Here is a list of expected layoffs in Miami-Dade County during the next 60 days, as posted by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity:

• Walgreens (123 employees affected)
  14901 N.W. 79th Ct.
  Miami Lakes, FL 33016
• Jackson Health System (920 employees affected)
  1611 N.W. 12th Avenue
  Miami, FL 33136
• Mitsui Bussan Logistics, Inc. (192 employees affected)
  Statewide
  Statewide, FL 00000

Approximate Amount of Employees Affected: 1,235

SOURCES:
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity: 2012 *WARN Notices

U.S. Department of Labor: Compliance Assistance By Law - The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) (http://www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-warn.htm - broken link)

those numbers are nothing compared to the thousands of companies and millions of people that are located in south florida.

[Bjorn_Ironside32]

Terribly sad.

I feel bad for those people.

[bigh110]

Trade Act Program: TAA for Workers, Employment & Training Administration (ETA) - U.S. Department of Labor
check this out if you are part of a mass lay off it just might help its a federal program been around since the sixties for help with retraining and relocation/job hunt expenses

[yapp1850]

genesis logistics inc took over operations from Mitsui Bussan Logistics, Inc. on 4/30/2012 they open a new warehouse in lakeland they already shut down orlando they will be shutting down tampa next month they are keeping south florida operations open.

[tallrick]

People can go back to school for a job that will not be there after you graduate. Well at least you can get a job groping for the TSA!