US Layoffs Tracker shows 5.3 million workers affected by WARN Act disclosures
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Rob Beschizza
1d ago· 5 min readenNews
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The article discusses the US Layoffs Tracker, a tool that monitors layoff disclosures under the WARN Act, which requires employers with 100+ workers to provide 60 days notice before mass layoffs or closures. The tracker shows significant layoff activity with 41,894 notices filed, affecting 5.3 million workers across 25,314 companies from 1987 to 2026. The article notes that while this only captures a portion of total job losses, it indicates a severe employment situation in the US.
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Though only a portion of the countless people fired, made redundant, pushed into resignation or otherwise removed from their jobs, it shows where and when things have gotten bad.
Right now, things are bad.
The US Layoffs Tracker is updated daily with the latest disclosures under the WARN Act, which requires employers with 100 or more workers to give 60 days notice before major…
