Hooters to lay off 679 employees in Tampa Bay
Hooters will lay off 679 employees, all in the Tampa Bay area, according to filings made by the Clearwater-based company to the state of Florida. Those filings were dated March 27.
The employees affected include waitresses, bartenders, security staff, kitchen staff, maintenance and hosts, according to an email sent by Hooters’ vice president of human resources, Dan Babbitt, to the state.
They work at 11 Hooters locations in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Port Richey, Spring Hill and Madeira Beach — including the original Hooters at 2800 Gulf to Bay Boulevard in Clearwater, where 64 people were laid off.
“The announced layoffs are a direct result of business decline and cessation relative to circumstances associated with COVID-19,” Babbitt wrote.
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