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PlainLayoffs is the Organization accountable for the WARN-filing data pipeline, methodology, written guides, and corrections process.
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PlainLayoffs is a data journalism portal that tracks and analyzes mass-layoff notices filed under state WARN Act statutes and U.S. Department of Labor public reporting. Filings are ingested programmatically and rendered into readable profiles of employer events, industries, and states directly from a structured database; figures are computed from the filed notices and revised when agencies update them. PlainLayoffs maintains the data pipeline, methodology, and written guides independently and accepts no payment from any covered employer or industry group.
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The U.S. Department of Labor explains that federal WARN coverage depends on the employer, worksite, event size, workforce share, timing, and exceptions. PlainLayoffs compiles 9,006 public filings, covering 1,433,550 affected workers as of September 2026, directly from the issuing state workforce agencies, and renders them into employer, industry, and state pages from a structured database. Our sourcing standards, update cadence, and corrections process are documented in our editorial & corrections policy, about, and methodology pages.
Download the compiled employer roster cited on this page: employers.csv (notice counts, workers affected, primary state and industry). Full CSV and JSON live on /data.
Author pages identify the PlainLayoffs publishing organization. Notice counts cited here come from the live WARN Act filings database; see our editorial standards and corrections policy, methodology, or report a data error.