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New Haven Hotel Extends Furloughs-Layoffs For 170 Employees New Haven Hotel Extends Furloughs-Layoffs For 170 Employees
New Haven Hotel Extends Furloughs-Layoffs For 170 Employees A New Haven hotel that has been closed for much of the COVID-19 pandemic has announced mass employee furloughs. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the state received a notice from Omni New Haven Hotel that said temporary furloughs for about 170 employees will be extended another six months turning the furlough situation into more of a layoff type ordeal. The Omni is owned by Omni Resorts and Hotels. About 135 of the employees are represented by labor union Local 217, according to Omni’s “WARN” letter to the Connecticut Department of Labor’s Rapid Response Team. “Due to business circumstances that were…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Want To Buy A Hotel? Hilton In Hartford Headed For Auction Want To Buy A Hotel? Hilton In Hartford Headed For Auction
Want To Buy A Hotel? Hilton In Hartford Headed For Auction The Hilton in downtown Hartford is going up on the auction block. Owners of the Hilton Hartford, the Waterford Hotel Group, announced plans to auction the 388-room hotel on Wednesday, Sept. 9, according to the Hartford Business Journal. The decision to sell the building comes on the heels of the company’s plans to layoff 124 employees due to economic strain brought on by the COVID-19 lockdown. Waterford Hotel Group also laid off 126 Hartford Marriott Downtown employees, too, according to state records. The hotel’s worth or the starting price at auction has not bee released.

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by Kristin Palpini