Republic Services says layoff notice contained errors, Pasco facility will stay open

A Phoenix-based trash hauler says a notice it filed with the Florida Department of Commerce earlier this month contained errors and “inaccurately alluded to” a Pasco County hauling hub permanently closing. 

National solid waste management company Republic Services sent a letter to both the Florida Department of Commerce and Pasco County Commission Chair Kathryn Starkey Oct. 15 stating that the company planned to lay off 72 employees working out of its Hudson, Pasco County, hauling facility. The letter is called a WARN notice; companies are required to alert state authorities of mass layoffs under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. 

Those employees will be facing layoffs, a spokesperson for Republic Services confirmed to the Business Observer. However the WARN notice was incorrect in stating the company will “permanently cease operations” at the Hudson facility, which is at 8608 Arcola Ave.