WARN notices tracker: layoffs filed before they happen

A WARN notice is the advance warning an employer must give under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Employers with 100 or more full time workers must give 60 days' notice before a site closing that puts 50 or more people out of work, or a mass layoff of 500 or more at one site (or 50 to 499 when that is at least a third of the staff there). The notice goes to the workers, the state and local officials, and most states publish what they receive.

At least 60 days under the federal law, and longer in some states, such as 90 days in New York and New Jersey. Employers can give less notice under the law's exceptions, such as a sudden business downturn, so some notices arrive late. Even so, WARN filings often show a layoff weeks before it reaches the news.

Right now 8 states: California, Texas, Colorado, Maryland, Wisconsin, Utah, Alabama, Rhode Island. We read each state's own WARN list or file once a day. Texas publishes its list in a copy that runs behind, so new notices there show up late. States that only post scanned letters, or lists that block automated reading, are not in yet, and we add states as we can read them.

204 WARN notices in the states we track name a layoff date in the next 60 days, covering 18,557 workers. The full list is at the top of this page, soonest first.

A WARN notice names the employer, the site and the date, so you know which experienced people may be looking before the layoff happens. Use Find people to search LinkedIn for that company, reach out with roles that fit, and check our layoffs tracker for cuts announced in the news.

No. It is what the employer planned when it filed. Employers can amend a notice, move workers to other sites or cancel a layoff, so the final count can be lower or higher. Some states also list notices for under 50 workers because their own law is stricter than the federal one.