Employer · WARN Act history · Retail Trade
The Lobster Shop
70 workers across 1 WARN notice, primarily in WA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 70
- Workers cut
- 1
- WARN notice
- 1
- State
- 70
- Avg / notice
The Lobster Shop has 1 recorded WARN filing affecting 70 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, The Lobster Shop has 1 recorded filing covering 70 workers across 1 state, primarily WA, the 3,655th-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.
The Lobster Shop is a minor share of Retail Trade WARN activity — under 0.1% of the sector's 135,000 workers across 330 employers, ranking #173 in Retail Trade.
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer THE-LOBSTER- · The Lobster Shop 70 workers · 1 filings
NOTC-SINGLE · WORK-LIGHT · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-UNDER · STAT-SINGLE · BOOK-SINGLE · TYPE-LAYOFF
- NOTC-SINGLE 1 filing
- WORK-LIGHT #3,655
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-UNDER 45d
- STAT-SINGLE WA
- BOOK-SINGLE 1 agency
- TYPE-LAYOFF 1 layoff
Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.
Employer Profile
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Dec 2022.
WARN Notice History
2022
Tacoma, WA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 15, 2023
70
workers
Filed Dec 1, 2022
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What is the largest The Lobster Shop WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Tacoma, WA on Dec 1, 2022, covering 70 workers in Retail Trade.
Where were The Lobster Shop's WARN notices filed? ▼
This is a one-event record from Washington ESD; the named location is Tacoma, not a company-wide headcount change. States represented in this record: WA.
Does The Lobster Shop's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
One filing cannot establish a recurring layoff cadence. It records a specific WARN-covered event and should not be read as a forecast of this employer's workforce.
How much advance notice appears in The Lobster Shop's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway is between 30 and 59 days; the WARN pay tool can value the gap, but only a qualified adviser can determine whether an exception applies.
See also: WA WARN filings · Retail Trade industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries The Lobster Shop notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.