UPCOMING · ESTIMATED✓ VERIFIEDPublished Sep 2, 2026

Crothall Healthcare to terminate 545 VCU Health housekeeping and support staff

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGVirginia Employment Commission· filed August 28, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED

1,090

SHARE OF WORKFORCE

~3.6%

PLANNED DATE

Oct 31, 2026

CONFIRMED IN SOURCE

1,090 OF 30,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Richmond, Virginia · 2 locations.

Department affected: housekeeping, floor technicians, housekeeping supervisors and support staff.

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on August 28, 2026.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the VA state workforce agency.

Summary

Crothall Healthcare, the contractor that provides housekeeping and maintenance services to VCU Health, lost its contract with VCU Health and said it will terminate all 545 employees at the end of October. The affected workforce at VCU includes roughly 400 housekeepers, 60 floor technicians, 17 housekeeping supervisors and nearly 70 other support employees represented by the SEIU. VCU Health selected HHS Environmental Services as the new contractor effective Nov. 1, and the new contractor may rehire some workers. Crothall notified Virginia's Department of Workforce Development and Advancement that it will cease operations at VCU locations; the change does not affect two VCU Health hospitals in South Hill and Tappahannock.

Crothall Healthcare disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the VA state workforce agency on August 28, 2026. The notice covers 1,090 employees in Richmond, VA, with the layoff effective October 31, 2026.

That is roughly 3.6% of the 30,000 people Crothall Healthcare employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 6 layoff events at Crothall Healthcare since January 2023, including 1,666 jobs documented in official WARN filings.