US layoff notices — week of Jan 30, 2012 to Feb 5, 2012

38WARN notices

3,096workers affected

14states

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
Verizon	NJ	Ewing	336	2012-02-01
NEW	KS	—	280	2012-01-31
Novartis Pharmaceuticals	NJ	East Hanover	247	2012-02-01
Pamida Store Support Center	NE	Omaha	234	2012-01-31
Bon L Manufacturing	IN	Kentland	146	2012-02-01
Stanley Black & Decker	MD	2631 Sisson Street, Baltimore MD	142	2012-02-01
Equable Ascent Financial	IL	Buffalo Grove, 1120 W. Lake Cook Road	131	2012-01-31
Dominion/State Line Energy Station	IN	Hammond	109	2012-01-30
VT Services	AZ	—	107	2012-01-31
Adventist Behavioral Health	MD	14 Romig Drive, Crownsville, MD	100	2012-01-30
Klingberg Family Centers	CT	New Britain; Hartford	100	2012-01-30
Atlantic Coast Media Group	NJ	Jersey City	90	2012-02-01
Central Garden and Pet	IL	Elk Grove Village, 2121 Touhy Avenue 1850 Touhy Avenue	90	2012-02-02
PCCW Teleservices (US)	IA	Ottumwa	80	2012-01-31
Peter Pan Bus Lines	CT	Waterford	79	2012-02-03

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
New Jersey (NJ)	5	757
Tennessee (TN)	11	387
Kansas (KS)	2	285
Indiana (IN)	2	255
Maryland (MD)	2	242
Connecticut (CT)	4	238
Nebraska (NE)	2	238
Illinois (IL)	2	221
Arizona (AZ)	1	107
Kentucky (KY)	2	99
Iowa (IA)	1	80
Rhode Island (RI)	1	70
South Dakota (SD)	1	66
Oregon (OR)	2	51

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