Category: Lays Off

Cineplex Temporarily Lays Off 6,000 Workers as Omicron Cases Shut Theatres

Cineplex Inc. is temporarily laying off 6,000 part-time employees due to mandated closures of its venues amid a rise in COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant, the Canadian cinema operator said on Thursday. Globally, coronavirus cases have been rising rapidly due to the highly transmissible variant. In Canada, 36,110 new infections were reported on…


New Owner Buzzfeed Lays Off 45 From HuffPost Newsroom

NEW YORK—Buzzfeed announced Tuesday that it has laid off 45 reporters, editors and producers from the newly acquired HuffPost. HuffPost Executive Editor Hillary Frey, the website’s executive editor, and Executive Editor Louise Roug also resigned over the layoffs, Buzzfeed said. The dismissals come just three weeks after Buzzfeed acquired HuffPost, the media outlet founded in…