Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center will lay off 112 employees by year's end as it outsources its environmental services department.
The 340-bed hospital detailed the layoffs in a notice filed Nov. 1 with the state under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
"PMC anticipates that this layoff will be permanent due to the fact that PMC will outsource nearly all of the environmental services job functions," the notice reads. The 112 layoffs are effective Jan. 1, 2023, with the affected employees' last day of work expected to be Dec. 31.