The decision was part of an agreement between Disney World and the Service Trades Council Union, a collection of six unions representing the 43,000 workers at the theme park resort in Florida. The company will keep 200 essential employees and will provide free healthcare for a year to those who are laid off and eligible for health care benefits.
Dish Network Corp admitted it has cut staff and is re-evaluating its business to cope better with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, although it did not disclose the number of employees laid off.
The company gathered roughly $5 billion in debt at the end of 2019 and $149 million in losses. Now it has had to furlough 24,000 employees, including its CEO, Adam Aron.
The company’s staffers in the film department have been hit with furloughs on Thursday, a week after it was announced that the conglomerate will begin furloughing certain employees whose jobs aren’t deemed necessary, beginning on April 19.
The Channel 5 UK title has licensed to CBC in Canada, FOXTEL in Australia and New Zealand, ERR in Estonia, NHK in Japan, Mediawan in France, YLE in Finland, HRT Croatia, and RTP in Portugal.