{"id":16374,"date":"2020-08-29T12:54:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T07:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=16374"},"modified":"2020-08-29T12:54:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T07:54:49","slug":"mgm-lays-off-18000-workers-amid-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/16374","title":{"rendered":"MGM lays off 18,000 workers amid pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MGM Resorts International is laying off 18,000 previously furloughed employees as the corona virus pandemic continues to eat into its casino and hotel businesses, according to a report published Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs represent nearly a quarter of the corporation\u2019s 70,000 employees, according to the business news network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing pains me more than delivering news like this,\u201d Bill Hornbuckle, the company\u2019s chief executive officer, wrote in a separation letter to employees obtained by the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe heart of this company is our employees and the world-class service you provide. Please know that your leadership team is working around the clock to find ways to grow our business and welcome back more of our colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MGM\u2019s Park MGM in Las Vegas and Empire City in New York remain shuttered, and with global travel at a relative standstill due to the pandemic and health restrictions in place across much of the US, the company has been taking major financial hits since March.<\/p>\n<p>Health benefits for employees will be extended through the end of September, media outlets reported the company as saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u00a0 MGM Resorts International is laying off 18,000 previously furloughed employees as the corona virus pandemic continues to eat into its casino and hotel businesses, according to a report published Friday. The layoffs represent nearly a quarter of the corporation\u2019s 70,000 employees, according to the business news network. \u201cNothing pains me more than delivering news [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1203,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16376,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16374\/revisions\/16376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}