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 As social distancing and stay-at-home orders continue due to the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, Simon Property Group has furloughed about 30 percent of its workforce, or about 1,200 to 1,400 people, according to a report on Tuesday  March 31  in CNBC.The biggest mall owner in the U.S. is having to deal with the shuttering of all of its properties due to the coronavirus pandemic spreading across the country and around the world.The furloughs affect employees at Simons Indianapolis headquarters as well as at its malls and outlets nationwide, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC. An unspecified number of workers were permanently laid off as well.The companys CEO David Simon is not taking a paycheck during the pandemic,  stanley thermos the source  stanley kubek said. In addition, upper management salaries are being slashed  stanley cup uk by up to 30 percent.The companys headquarters houses about 1,000 of its approximately 4,500 employees, 1,500 of which were working part-time, according to Simons latest annual filing, CNBC reported.The retail industry has been hit especially hard by the pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of retail employees have temporarily lost their jobs, from Gap and Macys to Kohls and JCPenney.Neiman Marcus temporarily laid off the majority of its 14,000-member workforce and has been on the bankruptcy radar of many analysts because of its $4.3 billion in debt. Unlike past recessions, this does not seem like companies are trying to figure out how to run their businesses on lighter operations 鈥?or ad Elxp Uber Health Partners With Nimble To Deliver Meds
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