US layoff notices — week of Aug 1, 2011 to Aug 7, 2011

20WARN notices

1,866workers affected

9states

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
J.C. Penney	CT	Manchester	442	2011-08-02
Jacobs Ests Group	AL	Huntsville	281	2011-08-01
Amcor Rigid Plastics	NJ	Cinnaminson	188	2011-08-01
Sykes Enterprises	KY	—	157	2011-08-02
Consolidated Services Group	NJ	Cherry Hill	106	2011-08-01
Asurion	KS	—	100	2011-08-04
BNY Mellon	RI	Pawtucket	98	2011-08-01
Omni	MD	16825 S. Seton, Emmitsburg, MD	97	2011-08-01
Fortune Brands	IL	Deerfield, 520 Lake Cook Road	81	2011-08-04
Sea Gull Lighting Products	NJ	Riverside	73	2011-08-01
Electric Boat	CT	Groton	65	2011-08-05
Capital One	MD	6200 Chevy Dr., Laurel, MD	54	2011-08-03
Lundbeck Research	NJ	Paramus	45	2011-08-01
Lockheed Martin	WA	5 Puget Sound military locations	41	2011-08-01
elnstruction	MD	7125 Riverwood Dr., Columbia, MD	20	2011-08-03

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Connecticut (CT)	6	516
New Jersey (NJ)	4	412
Alabama (AL)	1	281
Maryland (MD)	3	171
Kentucky (KY)	1	157
Rhode Island (RI)	2	107
Kansas (KS)	1	100
Illinois (IL)	1	81
Washington (WA)	1	41

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