US layoff notices — week of Aug 23, 2010 to Aug 29, 2010

7WARN notices

1,672workers affected

6states

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 this week

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Dole Fresh Vegetables	AZ	—	652	2010-08-27
Husqvarna	NE	Beatrice	390	2010-08-27
Caremark RX	AL	Birmingham	369	2010-08-25
Bank of America	RI	Lincoln	89	2010-08-23
Gendex Dental Systems	IL	Des Plaines, 901 West Oakton	80	2010-08-29
Heritage Manor Enterprises	IL	Beardstown, 1501 Canal St	72	2010-08-28
Hawker Beechcraft	KS	—	20	2010-08-27

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Arizona (AZ)	1	652
Nebraska (NE)	1	390
Alabama (AL)	1	369
Illinois (IL)	2	152
Rhode Island (RI)	1	89
Kansas (KS)	1	20

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