WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (WVVA) – Employees at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs could lose their health insurance coverage if the resort fails to pay $2.4 million in past-due premiums by August 27.
New York law firm Shulte Roth + Zabel sent a letter to its employees on Friday saying the Greenbrier Hotel Corporation, owned by Governor Jim Justice and his family’s companies, is four months behind on its payments to the Amalgamated National Health Fund. The company owes about $2.4 million in past-due contributions and another $1.2 million is due soon.
Those contributions, the letter said, included premiums that were deducted from employees’ pay but not paid to the health insurance company. If payment is not made by Aug. 27, the health insurance company will stop providing health insurance to all covered Greenbrier employees, the letter said. The resort employs about 600 people in total.
The Health Fund represents various trade union organizations across the country.
The WVVA has contacted the Greenbrier and asked for a response to the letter.
On August 27, the Greenbrier building was also scheduled to be auctioned off to pay off the Justice Companies’ nearly $10 million debt to Beltway Capital. Beltway Capital had recently taken over the debt from JPMorgan Chase and announced the auction with an ad in a Lewisburg newspaper.
Attorney for Justice Companies has filed a motion in Greenbrier County District Court seeking a temporary restraining order to halt the auction.
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