South Florida companies laying off 541 workers
Body waxing chain headquarters leaving Hallandale Beach
European Wax Center, which oversees 892 body waxing salons, is pulling its corporate headquarters out of Hallandale Beach and laying off 100 workers, the company announced this week.
The company is among seven in South Florida cutting 541 positions beginning in August.
European Wax Center offers waxing services to remove unwanted hairs from men and women. Services listed on the company’s website include full Brazilian bikini waxes, eyebrow waxes, and waxings of the legs, chest, stomach, underarms, lips, toes, and any other body part with hair.
In a letter to the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity, chief counsel Marc Brody said the company would be permanently closing its Hallandale Beach offices at 600 Silks Run at the Village of Gulfstream Park on Dec. 31, and that all employees working there would be given the opportunity to relocate to the new location in Texas.
“As of this date, it’s unclear which employees will be accepting the Company’s offer to relocate,” the letter said, adding that about 100 employees are expected to be separated as a result of the move.
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the company was moving the headquarters. Relocated positions include the company’s chief executive officer, corporate wax trainer, director of talent management, guest experience director, brand ambassador, senior program manager and performance coach manager.
State corporate records show the company was first registered in 1995 in North Miami Beach. Nelson Coba was its first president.
In October 2018, the company announced that David P. Berg, former CEO of Carlson Hospitality, was appointed to replace cofounder and CEO David Coba. In August 2018, the company announced a “strategic partnership” with global growth equity firm General Atlantic.
Layoffs announced by other companies include:
Western Union will cut 46 positions when it closes its facility at 333 S.E. Second Ave., Miami, beginning around Sept. 30.
Republic Services is laying off 61 employees from a recycling plant it had been operating at 5860 45th St., West Palm Beach, since October 2017 because it decided not to bid on a new contract with the county’s Solid Waste Authority. The layoffs will be complete by Sept. 30. The company is also losing a hauling contract on Sept. 30 and will cut 55 employees at Sunburst Sanitation Hauling, 7329 7th Place North, West Palm Beach.
SP Plus Corporation terminated 80 employees when Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport contracted with another company to provide valet services at the airport. Those layoffs took effect Aug. 6.
Ryder Integrated Logistics will lay off 41 employees from its operations at 1904 NW 97th Ave. in Doral on Sept. 15. Terminated positions include 23 drivers and nine warehouse associates.
GCA Production Services and ABM Company lost its contract servicing Hertz vehicles at Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport and will terminate 90 positions, including 84 drivers and four supervisors, on Sept. 5.
AMETEK MRO Florida, an aircraft maintenance company, will shed 66 jobs when it closes its maintenance, repair and overhaul operations at its facility located at 5900 NW 97th Ave., Suite 3, Doral. Those positions will be phased out between Oct. 25 and Jan. 3.