Changes are coming to a Key Biscayne luxury resort, and hundreds of South Florida workers will temporarily lose their jobs for at least six months.
The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami will close in May for what it calls a large-scale renovation. About 425 hotel employees will be laid off. The hotel revealed those plans in a letter to Florida officials, required as part of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, a federal law known as WARN.
“The temporary layoffs are expected to begin between May 1, 2025, and May 14, 2025, most likely at the close of business on May 1, 2025”, Sandra Lopez, market director of human resources for Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, wrote in the Feb. 24 letter to local and state officials. WARN requires companies with more than 100 employees to give public notice ahead of mass layoffs or closure of employment sites…