More than 500 D-FW employees received layoff notices in the past week, according to WARN act notices filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.

The most cuts were implemented by SP Plus, a Chicago-based parking management company that is losing its contract with DFW International Airport.

"The contract between [SP Plus] and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport will not be renewed," the notification letters from SP Plus said. "It is unknown if the new company awarded the contract will extend offers of employment to the current employees."

Those notification letters were sent late last week and impacted 313 employees working in different parts of the airport. The employees included 130 workers, including over 100 shuttle bus drivers, from DFW's rental car operations; 90 employees from express parking; 87 from the airport's Terminal Link shuttle service; and six who were assigned to a main building.

Along with shuttle bus drivers, the impacted workers include supervisors, maintenance workers, dispatchers and administrative assistants. The majority of the employees are not represented by a union, according to the WARN letters, and the workers will lose their jobs in late September.

Ellen Ashkenazi, vice president of human resources for Metropolis, the parent company of SP Plus, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Dallas Morning News. Representatives for DFW Airport also did not immediately respond.

Essendant, an Illinois-based office supplies distributor, also announced major layoffs in North Texas as it faces financial peril.

The company "has been exploring various strategic alternatives," including certain asset sales and new financing, "to avoid liquidation," Marcela Sztainberg, an Essendant human resources executive, wrote in a WARN letter. "At this time, the Company does not know if these efforts will succeed, and currently expects that it will cease its operations and close its business."

That closure would include Essendant's Irving facility, which employs 136 people. Those employees are not represented by a union and will likely lose their jobs in October, the notice said.

BioTouch, a Connecticut-based healthcare logistics company, also issued a notice that 59 workers at its facility in Coppell will be laid off, including 43 drivers. Those employees are also non-unionized and will lose their jobs at the end of September.

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