WARN Notices

WARN mass-layoff notices

State WARN agencies · per-state filings · dates and counts as filed

Federal WARN requires 60 days' advance notice; statutory exceptions can shorten or excuse notice. This site publishes notices as filed and does not judge compliance.

34,339 notices covering 6,223,516 workers on noticed layoffs. A WARN notice is an employer's advance filing of a mass layoff or plant closure: projected dates and counts, recorded as filed, not a verified outcome. These state records are matched employer by employer to H-1B filings.

Data current as of Nov 6, 2026

Source: State Departments of Labor · per-state WARN notice filings · Refreshed Nov 6, 2026

Several states do not publish WARN notices in a form we ingest; the current missing-state list is maintained on the data-sources page.

Methodology

What the records contain / all states

34,339Noticesevery filed notice in scope, dated or not6,223,516Workers on noticed layoffssum of filed counts, as filed49Jurisdiction valuesas filed · filter above carries counts
33,108 of 34,339 notices resolved to an employer recordthe employer dossier links cover that subset10,866 carry no effective datelisted and counted; outside the annual history263 carry a future dateprojected by the employer, as filed
Coverage & date notesabsent jurisdictions, date quality, missing counts

5 jurisdictions with WARN obligations have no notices in the archive: AR, NV, NH, WV, WY. They hold about 14.9% of U.S. payroll jobs (BLS OES; warehouse-computed). A missing state does not mean no layoff happened.

10,866 notices carry no effective date; agencies publish some notices without one. They stay in the list and totals and sit outside the annual history. 5,779 notices carry no worker count; they count as notices only.

6 notices carry an effective year before 1988 as filed, including data-entry years such as 0001 and 1204. The archive keeps them; the annual history starts at 1988.

Jurisdiction values render exactly as filed, including non-state codes such as KN and N/A (no state on record). Every notice links to its source publication on the record page.

Browse notices

34,339 match the current filters (all states)

RecordState WARN agencies · effective dates as filed; notice dates are labeled when the effective date is absent

Jurisdiction
Employer (as filed)Workers laid offDateRecord
Summit Technical Solutions, LLCNDEmployer record532032-03-01projected
Vistra Corp. - Baldwin Power PlantBaldwin, ILEmployer record1222028-02-01projected
Vistra Corp. - Kincaid Power PlantKincaid, ILEmployer record992028-01-04projected
Thermo Fisher ScientificAsheville, NCEmployer record--2027-12-31projected
Vistra Corp. - Newton Power PlantNewton, ILEmployer record832027-10-05projected
Electric Glass Fiber America, LLCShelby, NCEmployer record--2027-09-30projected
Regional Acceptance CorporationGreenville, NCEmployer record--2027-07-31projected
Cooper StandardNew Lexington, OHEmployer record2282027-07-01projected

Sorted by effective date. 263 notices in scope carry a future effective date: employers file projected layoff dates, and the archive records them as filed with a projected marker.

Annual history

23,433 of 34,339 notices · all states · all employers

Workers on noticed layoffs by effective year · 1988 through 2026

0200K400K600K800K1M1M1M2M2M1998: 50,130 workers · 21 notices1999: 112,020 workers · 54 notices2000: 105,070 workers · 55 notices2001: 105,040 workers · 70 notices2002: 112,690 workers · 61 notices2003: 117,380 workers · 49 notices2004: 107,128 workers · 81 notices2005: 49,246 workers · 101 notices2006: 95,406 workers · 174 notices2007: 109,013 workers · 260 notices2008: 135,006 workers · 332 notices2009: 226,528 workers · 645 notices2010: 79,537 workers · 324 notices2011: 85,271 workers · 391 notices2012: 87,915 workers · 464 notices2013: 110,716 workers · 390 notices2014: 83,267 workers · 464 notices2015: 116,505 workers · 652 notices2016: 81,119 workers · 578 notices2017: 70,849 workers · 548 notices2018: 91,788 workers · 717 notices2019: 100,981 workers · 954 notices2020: 1,912,157 workers · 6,276 notices2021: 104,022 workers · 774 notices2022: 148,875 workers · 718 notices2023: 218,076 workers · 1,399 notices2024: 166,948 workers · 1,430 notices2025: 264,731 workers · 2,371 notices2026: 435,564 workers · 3,080 noticespeak 2M (2020)19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026workers on noticed layoffs

Peak year 2020: 1,912,157 workers across 6,276 notices. Outside this window: 10,866 notices carry no effective date, 6 predate 1988 as filed, and 34 carry dates beyond 2026 (projected). All remain in the browse list and totals above. The search filter narrows the list only, not this history.

Where WARN meets H-1B

Where a layoff employer then filed H-1B petitions in the same window, the pair is recorded as a displacement event with an evidence score. Timing overlap is a review signal: it does not establish that a noticed worker was replaced. The enforcement hub collects the related case ledgers.

Questions about the data & methods

WARN FAQ

What is a WARN notice?

A WARN notice is a mass-layoff or plant-closure notice an employer files with a state agency under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. It tells workers and the state about a large layoff or closure in advance.

Why do some notices show a future effective date?

Employers file projected layoff dates, sometimes years ahead, and the archive records them as filed. A future date is a filed plan, not a completed layoff; the row carries a projected marker in the list.

Why is my state missing from the jurisdiction filter?

Several jurisdictions do not publish WARN notices in a form this archive ingests, so they have no filter chip. A missing state does not mean no layoff happened; the coverage notes on this page name the absent jurisdictions.

Why do WARN notices matter for H-1B?

A WARN layoff at an employer that also files H-1B labor applications shows a pattern worth examining: an employer laying off U.S. workers while hiring or renewing H-1B workers in the same area. This archive links notices to employers' H-1B filing history.

Is every layoff covered by WARN?

No. WARN only covers employers of a certain size and layoffs above a threshold, and the rules vary by state. A missing WARN notice does not mean no layoff happened.

Does a late or missing notice mean an employer broke the law?

Not on this site. Federal WARN requires 60 days' advance notice; statutory exceptions can shorten or excuse notice. This site publishes notices as filed and does not judge compliance.

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Dataset guides and site methods

  1. [1] XH1B method or registry · XH1B. WARN Notices (mass layoffs): source registry. Source registry entry: warnXH1B dataset description: One row per source_notice_id. The definition of a mass layoff and the layoff threshold vary by state. The threshold is typically 50 or more employees.
  2. [2] Dataset documentation · DOL OFLC. LCA public disclosure record layout (FY2026 Q3). Pages 1–4: application, DOL outcome and dates, requested positions, employer, representatives, worksites and pay unitsThis layout covers determinations issued October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. It documents employer-provided application fields and DOL decisions, not USCIS decisions, payroll verification, legal bills or worker-linked moves. Older layouts can differ.Checked 2026-10-17.
  3. [3] XH1B method or registry · XH1B. Displacement Model and Assumptions. Eligibility, requested-position weighting, scopes, WARN matching, and counting limitsModel outputs are estimates. A matched layoff notice does not prove that an H-1B worker replaced a laid-off worker.