By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer In Print: Thursday, November 25, 2010
Despite a housing crash and depression-level downturn in Florida construction, asphalt-shingle manufacturer GAF Materials never laid off any workers from its Tampa plant.
This week, GAF let go 50 employees, just over half its Tampa operation, blaming slack demand.any employer
"We can definitely say that the market for roofing products has softened over the last several months," said Ted Marcopolus, company vice president of marketing services.
Florida's economy may still be slowly improving, but here's one barometer hinting that any jobs recovery will come in fits and starts: a rash of preholiday layoffs like the one at GAF.
Over the past seven weeks, 17 companies have filed mass layoff notices with the state affecting a total of 2,867 employees. That's roughly twice the 1,449 jobs lost in mass layoffs for all of October and November last year.
Companies are required to file Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices with the state when they impose large-scale layoffs.The largest among recent WARN filings: Orlando time-share resort operator Tempus Resorts laid off 550 workers last week in tandem with filing for bankruptcy reorganization.
Capital One also laid off 44 workers in Pinellas County and Thompson & Co. also laid off 77 workers.
source: http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/workinglife/rise-in-mass-layoffs-points-to-a-longer-economic-recovery-in-florida/1136214
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Despite a housing crash and depression-level downturn in Florida construction, asphalt-shingle manufacturer GAF Materials never laid off any workers from its Tampa plant.
This week, GAF let go 50 employees, just over half its Tampa operation, blaming slack demand.any employer
"We can definitely say that the market for roofing products has softened over the last several months," said Ted Marcopolus, company vice president of marketing services.
Florida's economy may still be slowly improving, but here's one barometer hinting that any jobs recovery will come in fits and starts: a rash of preholiday layoffs like the one at GAF.
Over the past seven weeks, 17 companies have filed mass layoff notices with the state affecting a total of 2,867 employees. That's roughly twice the 1,449 jobs lost in mass layoffs for all of October and November last year.
Companies are required to file Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices with the state when they impose large-scale layoffs.The largest among recent WARN filings: Orlando time-share resort operator Tempus Resorts laid off 550 workers last week in tandem with filing for bankruptcy reorganization.
Capital One also laid off 44 workers in Pinellas County and Thompson & Co. also laid off 77 workers.
source: http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/workinglife/rise-in-mass-layoffs-points-to-a-longer-economic-recovery-in-florida/1136214
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