Boston-based car-sharing company Zipcar has temporarily furloughed a number of staff members in the U.S. and Canada, less than two weeks after laying off one-fifth of its workforce due to coronavirus, the company confirmed in an email to BostInno.
Zipcar is providing ongoing benefits to those who have been furloughed and expects to bring them back on board "as soon as the economy opens up again," according to the email.
Zipcar did not answer questions about how many workers had been furloughed or when they were expected to be allowed to work again. The news comes 12 days after Zipcar confirmed it had laid off nearly 20 percent of its staff across nearly every location and function.
Founded in 2000 and acquired by Avis Budget Group in 2013, Zipcar employed about 500 people in North America including 300 in Greater Boston as of February 2017.
