本月早些时候，由于冠状病毒大流行，至少有250名受雇于特朗普组织(Trump Organization)旗下度假村的员工被永久解雇。
裁员的消息首先由美国有线电视新闻网报道，并由新闻周刊通过审查公共记录。
这些员工是特朗普国家多拉尔迈阿密公司约560名员工中的一员，他们已于3月底休假。在给塔拉哈西、迈阿密戴德县和多拉尔的政府官员的一封信中，该组织的一名官员表示，由于全国范围内的旅行限制和家庭订单造成的经济压力，永久性裁员是必要的。
特朗普迈阿密度假酒店管理有限公司副总裁兼董事总经理大卫·费德在给当地官员的信中写道:“不幸的是，现在看来，COVID-19的爆发对我们业务的不利影响将比以前所能预见的更长、更严重。”。“因此，我们做出了一个艰难的决定，即从2020年3月19日左右开始的一些临时无限期休假将变成永久性离职。”
2020年4月20日，在佛罗里达州多拉尔，特朗普国家多拉尔高尔夫度假村的入口处，可以看到一个标志。在3月份因冠状病毒大流行而解雇数百名员工后，特朗普组织的官员本月早些时候表示，他们已经永久解雇了多拉尔度假村至少250名员工。
度假村最新的人员配置决定中包含的工作范围很广，包括服务角色以及销售和行政职位。费德写道，这些员工于5月15日被正式解雇。
这封信没有具体说明这家度假村是否预计会有额外的永久性裁员。新闻周刊联系特朗普组织征求意见，并将更新这篇文章的任何回复。
裁员的消息传出之际，许多美国人越来越担心，即使各州开始重新开放，国民经济也将缓慢反弹。尽管作为冠状病毒援助、救济和经济安全法案(CARES)的一部分，薪酬保护计划于3月签署成为法律，旨在支持小企业，以保护它们免于不得不进行永久性裁员，但该计划在认证过程的效率方面受到了小企业主的严厉批评。
这种流行病将持续多久以及它将对当地经济产生何种影响的不确定性也影响了失业人数。美国劳工统计局上周报告称，自疫情开始在美国蔓延以来，已有近4000万美国人申请失业。
据英国《金融时报》报道华尔街日报唐纳德·特朗普总统私人拥有的特朗普组织在流行病限制削减公司业务收入后，每天损失约100万美元。总统经济顾问最近的分析表明，随着各州开始缓慢的重新开放进程，美国经济的下行趋势将持续到夏季。
在佛罗里达州，州长里克·德桑蒂斯上个月说他是在“不急”中迅速重新开放这个州。尽管一些企业能够在5月初重新开业，但费德在信中表示，迈阿密戴德县的重新开业时间表尚不明确，这使得该组织难以做出乐观的人员配置决定。
“迈阿密戴德县的重新开放计划没有明确的时间表，虽然我们业务的某些有限部分已经开放或可能开放，但我们业务的其他几个部分仍将在一段时间内关闭或受到限制，原因是我们无法控制的，”费德写道。
Trump Organization Makes More Cuts, Permanently Lays Off 250 People At Doral Resort
At least 250 people who were employed at a resort owned by the Trump Organization were permanently laid off earlier this month as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
News of the layoffs was first reported by CNN and verified by Newsweek through reviews of public records.
The employees were part of a group of about 560 employees at the Trump National Doral Miami who had been furloughed at the end of March. In a letter addressed to government officials in Tallahassee, Miami-Dade County and Doral, an official with the organization said the permanent layoffs were necessary due to economic pressures caused by travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders in place around the country.
"Unfortunately, it now appears that the adverse effects of the COVID-19 outbreak upon our business will be longer and more substantial than previously was foreseeable," David Feder, the vice president and managing director at Trump Miami Resort Management LLC, wrote in the letter to local officials. "As a result, we have made the difficult decision that some of the temporary indefinite furloughs that began on or about March 19, 2020 will become permanent employment separations."
A sign is seen near the entrance to the Trump National Doral golf resort on April 20, 2020 in Doral, Florida. After furloughing hundreds of employees in response to the coronavirus pandemic in March, officials with the Trump Organization said earlier this month they had permanently laid off at least 250 workers at the Doral resort.
The jobs included in the resort's latest staffing decision are wide-ranging and include service roles as well as sales and administrative positions. The employees were officially laid off on May 15, Feder wrote.
The letter did not specify whether the resort anticipated additional permanent layoffs. Newsweek reached out to the Trump Organization for comment and will update this article with any response.
News of the layoffs came as many Americans were growing increasingly concerned that the national economy would be slow to rebound even as states began the process of reopening. Though the Paycheck Protection Program signed into law as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March was geared toward supporting small businesses to protect them from having to make permanent staffing cuts, the program has received heavy criticism from small business owners regarding the efficiency of its qualification process.
The uncertainty surrounding how long the pandemic will continue and the impact it will have on local economies has also impacted unemployment numbers. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that nearly 40 million Americans had filed for unemployment since the pandemic began spreading across the United States.
According to reports by the Wall Street Journal, the Trump Organization, which is privately owned by President Donald Trump, was losing approximately $1 million daily after pandemic restrictions cut the company's business revenue. Recent analyses by the president's economic advisers indicate the downward trend of the U.S. economy will continue into the summer as states begin the slow process of reopening.
In Florida, Governor Rick DeSantis said last month he was in "no rush" to reopen the state quickly. While some businesses were able to reopen by early May, Feder said in his letter the reopening timeline for Miami-Dade County was unclear and made it difficult for the organization to make optimistic staffing decisions.
"The reopening plans of Miami-Dade County have no clear timelines, and while certain limited elements of our business have opened or may open, several other elements of our operation will remain closed or limited for some time for these and other reasons out of our control," Feder wrote.
