GoodLife Fitness lays off 480 fitness instructors, citing COVID-19 restrictions
CTV
GoodLife Fitness has let go of nearly 500 employees across Canada due to COVID-19 restrictions cutting down on business, according to a statement from the company.
Jason Sheridan, chief operating officer at GoodLife Fitness, said in a statement to CTVNews.ca Sunday that the company “recently made the difficult decision to end the employment of 480 group fitness instructors from 189 clubs across the country.
“Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions on group activities, most of these instructors have not worked for the majority of the pandemic.”
Sheridan said that while GoodLife is recovering, the pandemic has been hard on fitness-related activities, particularly those that require indoor group work.
“Because of this, we will not be able to expand our group fitness schedules in the near future to the point of bringing back additional instructors,” he said in the statement.
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