Week Ahead: November 1 Is the Lightest Upcoming Layoff Week — 4,565 Workers Scheduled

The next six weeks of the WARN layoff calendar add up to 35,222 reported workers. The lightest of those six weeks is the one starting November 1, with 4,565 workers scheduled to be affected. It is a brief dip before the calendar climbs again — the week starting November 15 is the heaviest of the six, with 7,781 workers scheduled.

These are reported plans, not confirmed job losses. WARN notices are advance notifications of qualifying mass layoffs and plant closures, filed with state labor agencies. Coverage and reporting rules vary by state, and worker totals exclude records where no count was reported.

The six weeks ahead

Layoff Atlas groups upcoming layoffs by effective date — the date the layoff or closure is scheduled to take effect, not the date the notice was filed.…