Orange County, N.Y.-based Garnet Health will lay off 29 employees with the closure of five Garnet Health Doctors sites, according to an Aug. 10 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the state of New York.
The affected employees are from the following facilities which are closing:
- Garnet Health Doctors OB/GYN in Middletown, N.Y. (17 employees)
- Garnet Health Doctors Rheumatology in Goshen, N.Y. (6 employees)
- Garnet Health Doctors Pediatrics in Middletown, N.Y. (3 employees)
- Garnet Health Doctors Pediatrics in Monticello, N.Y. (3 employees)
Garnet Health filed a WARN notice when they announced closures of select outpatient practices. The WARN lists "economic" as the reason for dislocation.
Marcy Manheim, the director of marketing and corporate communication at Garnet Health, said that leadership continues to work with the union and staff members to place all staff who qualify for open positions and who choose to remain with the organization.