BRENTWOOD, Mo. — The City of Brentwood announced the temporary layoffs of 68 part-time employees as the city adjusts to changes due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The city announced the layoffs in a message to residents. The layoffs were effective April 4.
"We have notified the employees and have encouraged them to apply for the enhanced unemployment benefits that are now available as part of the federal stimulus package passed in response to the pandemic," the message said. "We look forward to the time when we can offer these employees the opportunity to return to work."
The message said they made the decision due to the fluidity of the situation and "inability to immediately get information on our current revenue stream."
St. Louis County has 1,393 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 28 deaths, the most of any county in Missouri.
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More than 235,000 Missourians have applied for unemployment in the last three weeks.
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