{"id":233907,"date":"2020-11-27T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testwp23.newsmemory.com\/nationnews\/news\/?p=233907"},"modified":"2020-11-27T12:00:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:00:55","slug":"disney-plans-thousands-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationnews.com\/2020\/11\/27\/disney-plans-thousands-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney plans thousands of layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney Co said on Wednesday it would lay off about 32 000 workers, primarily at its theme parks as the company struggles with limited customers due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs will be in the first half of 2021, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Disney confirmed that the latest figures include the 28 000 layoffs announced in September.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Disney said it was furloughing additional workers from its theme park in Southern California due to uncertainty over when the state would allow parks to reopen.<\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s theme parks in Florida and those outside the United States reopened earlier this year without seeing new major coronavirus outbreaks but with strict social distancing, testing and mask use.<\/p>\n<p>Disneyland Paris was forced to close again late last month when France imposed a new lockdown to fight a second wave of the coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s theme parks in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo remain open. 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