US layoff notices — December 2013

40WARN notices

2,961workers affected

11states

Counts cover the free tier, no delay of the normalized US WARN dataset; notices that surface later are added to this page retroactively. Worker totals sum only notices that published a headcount.

Biggest layoff notices in December 2013

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Farmland Dairies	NJ	Wallington	323	2013-12-01
Saks	MD	500 Hickory Drive, Aberdeen, MD 21001	191	2013-12-04
Big Rivers Electric	KY	Henderson	188	2013-12-05
Optimer Pharmaceuticals	NJ	Jersey City	177	2013-12-01
Pearson Education	IN	Lebanon	160	2013-12-11
GrubHub Seamless	UT	Sandy	156	2013-12-20
Group O	IL	Aurora, 325 S. Route 31, Montgomery 60538 888 S. Edgelawn Dr., Ste 1757	143	2013-12-06
Boeing	KS	—	121	2013-12-20
Pacific Coast Feather	NE	Wayne	117	2013-12-31
Unilever Owensboro Plant	KY	Daviess	113	2013-12-20
United State Enrichment Corporation (USEC)	KY	Ballard	110	2013-12-17
Philips Consumer Lifestyle	IL	Roselle, 440 Medinah Road	102	2013-12-30
Fulton Industries	IN	Rochester	90	2013-12-10
Home Direct	IL	Hillside, 330 S. Mannheim Rd.	82	2013-12-20
Fortner Aerospace/PCC Aerostuructures	AZ	—	78	2013-12-04

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
New Jersey (NJ)	6	642
Kentucky (KY)	7	500
Illinois (IL)	4	399
Maryland (MD)	4	309
Nebraska (NE)	6	265
Indiana (IN)	2	250
Utah (UT)	3	227
Arizona (AZ)	2	129
Kansas (KS)	1	121
Washington (WA)	2	60
Tennessee (TN)	3	59

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