The five-star hotel, part of Hong Kong-based Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, on Wednesday announced that next month it would suspend its guestroom operations and lay off related staff, but that its restaurants would remain open. The Taipei Department of Labor yesterday said the hotel is scheduled to lay off 212 employees on Sunday next week. The Mandarin Oriental Taipei is pictured in Taipei on July 17, 2014, after opening on May 18 that year. Photo: Chen Kuan-pei, Taipei TimesPrior to the announcement, the hotel had informed the department that it had laid off 39 employees. The Ministry of Labor has intervened to protect Mandarin Oriental Taipei’s employees, Lin said.

Source: Taipei Times May 28, 2020 15:56 UTC