US layoff notices in 2014

935WARN notices
110,899workers affected
22states

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 2014

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Revel Entertainment GroupNJAtlantic City3,2862014-06-01
Trump Taj Mahal AssociatesNJAtlantic City3,1012014-09-01
TatitlekCATwentynine Palms2,5622014-08-04
Showboat CasinoNJAtlantic City2,1392014-07-01
OfficeMaxILItasca, 263 Shuman Blvd., Naperville 60563 800 W. Bryn Mawr1,7502014-01-28
New Century TransportationNJWestampton1,5772014-06-01
MicrosoftWARedmond1,3512014-07-17
St. Mary's HospitalNJPassaic1,1792014-01-01
Trump Plaza AssociatesNJAtlantic City1,1532014-07-01
Hillshire BrandsALFlorence1,1002014-04-08
Chukchansi Gold Resort & CasinoCACoarsegold1,0342014-10-20
Cisco SystemsCASan Jose1,0052014-10-01
Capital OneSDSioux Falls7502014-06-24
MicrosoftWARedmond7472014-09-18
John Deere Harvester WorksILEast Moline, 1100 13th Avenue7102014-02-18
Ensign United States DrillingCABakersfield7002014-12-22
AramarkNJNewark6852014-05-01
TECO Coal Corporations (TECO Diversified, Inc.)KYPike, Perry, Whitley, Knox6562014-10-27
General Dynamics ITUTSandy6452014-03-05
USS-POSCO IndustriesCAPittsburg6432014-09-02

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 2014547,731
February 2014646,531
March 2014444,909
April 2014638,660
May 2014555,609
June 20145310,239
July 201410314,296
August 20148511,121
September 20149710,985
October 201413215,013
November 2014785,716
December 201410710,089

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
California (CA)30929,288
New Jersey (NJ)10023,953
Illinois (IL)8411,051
Washington (WA)496,575
Kentucky (KY)365,770
Indiana (IN)435,012
Tennessee (TN)764,542
Maryland (MD)293,459
Alabama (AL)163,300
Arizona (AZ)252,700
Utah (UT)152,646
Connecticut (CT)282,568
Iowa (IA)332,272
South Carolina (SC)192,227
Nebraska (NE)361,506
Oregon (OR)221,340
Maine (ME)31,145
South Dakota (SD)2977
Rhode Island (RI)3262
Vermont (VT)3248
Delaware (DE)158
Oklahoma (OK)30
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