US layoff notices — week of Jul 30, 2012 to Aug 5, 2012

27WARN notices

3,372workers affected

12states

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
Comair	KY	—	1,194	2012-07-30
Auburn Regional Medical Center	WA	Auburn	827	2012-08-01
Catalyst Paper	AZ	—	266	2012-07-30
Elizabeth Detention Center	NJ	Elizabeth	148	2012-08-01
Staples	NJ	Monroe	110	2012-08-01
Comcast	IL	Tinley Park, 8101 West 183rd Street	106	2012-07-31
Rock-Tenn	TN	Knoxville, Knox County	89	2012-07-30
Children's Place	NJ	Monroe	86	2012-08-01
Comcast	IL	Oak Brook, 2001 York Road	78	2012-07-31
G4S Government Solutions	MD	Fort Meade, 4217 Roberts Ave., Ste 320, Fort Meade, MD	62	2012-08-02
Memorial Health Care System	TN	Chattanooga, Hamilton County	61	2012-07-30
ARAMARK Correctional Services	IL	Chicago, 2700 South California Avenue	60	2012-07-31
Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products	NJ	Elizabeth	57	2012-08-01
Bioscrip	TN	Fayetteville, Lincoln County	54	2012-07-30
Comcast Cable Communications	TN	New Tazewell, Claiborne County	52	2012-07-31

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Kentucky (KY)	1	1,194
Washington (WA)	1	827
New Jersey (NJ)	5	451
Arizona (AZ)	2	292
Tennessee (TN)	4	256
Illinois (IL)	3	244
Maryland (MD)	2	93
Connecticut (CT)	5	5
Iowa (IA)	1	5
Nebraska (NE)	1	5
Kansas (KS)	1	0
Oklahoma (OK)	1	0

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