A state agency has acknowledged incorrectly reporting the number of permanent layoffs at Xcel Energy Center food vendor Levy Premium Foodservice last week.
Fourteen Levy workers were permanently laid off, but another 527 employees continue to be on furlough status as they have been since March, company officials said in an e-mail clarifying the downsizing that has taken place due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After receiving a WARN notice about the two groups of Levy workers who were affected by the virus-inspired economic downturn, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) mistakenly added together the two groups to arrive at the incorrect 541 layoff number. DEED apologized for the confusion.
Dee DePass • 612-673-7725
