(AP Photo/John Raoux, File)ORLANDO, Fla. – Squeezed by limits on attendance at its theme parks and other restrictions due to the pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in its parks division in California and Florida.
Two-thirds of the planned layoffs involve part-time workers but they ranged from salaried employees to hourly workers, Disney officials said.
The Florida parks reopened this summer, but the California parks have yet to reopen as the company awaits guidance from the state of California.
California’s health secretary on Tuesday said the state was close to working out a way to have the theme parks reopen in a responsible way.
Walt Disney World in Florida has around 77,000 employees, while the Disneyland Resort in California has more than 30,000 workers.