Straz Center furloughs, lays off workers
May 28, 2020 - The David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts will substantially reduce its operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and is trimming its workforce. The center had earlier furloughed 28 workers and now is furloughing and laying off 75 others, it said in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the Florida Department Economic Opportunity. Thirty-five employees will be temporarily furloughed, or put on an unpaid leave of absence, effective June 27, and three more will be temporarily furloughed effective July 31. Thirty-five workers will be permanently laid off effective June 27, and two others will be permanently laid off effective July 31.