US layoff notices in 2012

986WARN notices
91,100workers affected
21states

Counts cover the free tier, no delay of the normalized US WARN dataset (by notice date); notices that surface later are added retroactively. Worker totals sum only notices that published a headcount.

Biggest layoff notices of 2012

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
RG SteelMD1430 Sparrows Point Blvd., Sparrows Point, MD1,9752012-05-23
Mountainside HospitalNJMontclair1,5752012-05-01
Novartis PharmaceuticalsNJEast Hanover1,3802012-04-01
ComairKY1,1942012-07-30
Hoffman-La Roche (Roche)NJNutley1,0002012-09-01
Anniston Army DepotALAnniston9752012-01-10
TriWest Healthcare AllianceAZ9042012-12-10
Hostess Brands-RevisedINStatewide8562012-05-04
Auburn Regional Medical CenterWAAuburn8272012-08-01
Verizon WirelessWABellevue8142012-05-02
Hostess BrandsILHodgkins, Additional locations 7225 Santa Fe Dr8072012-05-04
URS Corp - EG&G Defense MaterialsUTTooele7792012-07-27
Motorola MobilityILLibertyville, 600 N. U.S. Highway 456592012-08-13
CenterplateNJNewark6432012-04-01
American OrdnanceTNMilan, Gibson County6002012-04-23
G&D IntegratedILDecatur, Multiple Decatur sites 2380 Millikin Parkway5882012-05-31
Hostess navbar-headersUTStatewide5802012-05-09
UPS SCS Hebron Building K FacilityKY5422012-01-18
Aurora Bank FSB, Aurora Loan ServicesNEScottsbluff5022012-04-24
MetLifeNJMorristown4962012-05-01

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 2012949,198
February 2012817,101
March 2012755,604
April 2012789,417
May 201216417,445
June 2012756,843
July 2012706,255
August 2012645,383
September 2012716,700
October 2012804,859
November 2012756,898
December 2012595,397

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
New Jersey (NJ)9013,941
Illinois (IL)10612,981
Tennessee (TN)1629,751
Kentucky (KY)719,028
Maryland (MD)457,117
Indiana (IN)666,723
Washington (WA)484,724
Alabama (AL)314,692
Connecticut (CT)1364,107
Arizona (AZ)503,896
Kansas (KS)543,346
Iowa (IA)272,426
Nebraska (NE)442,421
Utah (UT)82,218
Oregon (OR)261,996
Alaska (AK)4591
South Dakota (SD)6434
Maine (ME)1423
Rhode Island (RI)3271
Vermont (VT)214
Oklahoma (OK)60
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