US layoff notices in 2012

1,282WARN notices
121,539workers affected
27states

Counts cover the free tier, no delay of the normalized US WARN dataset (by notice date); notices that surface later are added retroactively. Worker totals sum only notices that published a headcount.

Biggest layoff notices of 2012

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
RG SteelMD1430 Sparrows Point Blvd., Sparrows Point, MD1,9752012-05-23
Mountainside HospitalNJMontclair1,5752012-05-01
Novartis PharmaceuticalsNJEast Hanover1,3802012-04-01
ComairKY—1,1942012-07-30
Hoffman-La Roche (Roche)NJNutley1,0002012-09-01
Anniston Army DepotALAnniston9752012-01-10
TriWest Healthcare AllianceAZ—9042012-12-10
Hostess Brands-RevisedINStatewide8562012-05-04
Auburn Regional Medical CenterWAAuburn8272012-08-01
Verizon WirelessWABellevue8142012-05-02
Hostess BrandsILHodgkins, Additional locations 7225 Santa Fe Dr8072012-05-04
URS Corp - EG&G Defense MaterialsUTTooele7792012-07-27
Hostess BrandsPAVarious counties6832012-09-01
Motorola MobilityILLibertyville, 600 N. U.S. Highway 456592012-08-13
CenterplateNJNewark6432012-04-01
ATK Energetic SystemsVARadford6142012-06-01
T MobilePAAllentown, Lehigh6052012-03-01
American OrdnanceTNMilan, Gibson County6002012-04-23
Archcare, Inc. @ Kateri ResidenceNYNew York5922012-12-03
G&D IntegratedILDecatur, Multiple Decatur sites 2380 Millikin Parkway5882012-05-31

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 201211711,477
February 20121079,648
March 20121039,103
April 20129511,767
May 201221220,546
June 2012929,385
July 2012928,751
August 2012898,101
September 2012909,052
October 20121047,069
November 20121029,060
December 2012797,580

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
New Jersey (NJ)9013,941
Pennsylvania (PA)12513,318
Illinois (IL)10612,981
Tennessee (TN)1629,751
Virginia (VA)799,099
Kentucky (KY)708,979
Maryland (MD)457,117
Indiana (IN)666,723
Washington (WA)484,724
Alabama (AL)314,692
Connecticut (CT)1364,107
Arizona (AZ)503,896
Michigan (MI)463,859
Kansas (KS)543,346
New York (NY)222,976
Iowa (IA)272,426
Nebraska (NE)442,421
Utah (UT)82,218
Oregon (OR)261,996
Idaho (ID)23986
Alaska (AK)4591
South Dakota (SD)6434
Maine (ME)1423
Rhode Island (RI)3271
Minnesota (MN)2250
Vermont (VT)214
Oklahoma (OK)60
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