Employer · WARN Act history · Manufacturing
WestRock
206 workers across 3 WARN notices, primarily in MD - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 206
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WestRock has 3 recorded WARN filings affecting 206 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, WestRock has 3 recorded filings covering 206 workers across 2 states, primarily MD, the 1,067th-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.
WestRock is a minor share of Manufacturing WARN activity — under 0.1% of the sector's 211,445 workers across 776 employers, ranking #147 in Manufacturing.
How 206 workers split by filing year
Calendar-year totals from WARN notice_date fields in this dataset, the same figures summed in the notice history below.
WestRock WARN workers by state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, grouped by the state agency that received the notice, not a corporate headcount by HQ state.
WestRock WARN workers by year and state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, crossed by calendar year and filing state, for the top 2 states by total workers affected.
| Year | MD | IN | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 75 | 101 | 176 |
| 2022 | 30 | – | 30 |
WestRock city concentration · concentrated
Named cities on WARN filing rows only (city blank on a filing is omitted). Shares are of the city-tagged worker total, not every notice in the record.
Columbus accounts for 49% of WestRock's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Lead city Columbus · 49% · 3 named cities · top-3 share 100%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer WESTROCK · WestRock 206 workers · 3 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-MID · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-MULTI · BOOK-DUAL · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-LIGHT 3 filings
- WORK-MID #1,067
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 61d
- STAT-MULTI 2 states
- BOOK-DUAL 2 agencies
- TYPE-MIX 2C/1L
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.
Largest WestRock WARN filings · notice runway
Top 3 rows by workers_affected from this employer's filed notices. Runway = calendar days from notice_date to effective_date when both are published and forward-dated.
- Columbus, IN · Closure · Manufacturing 101 workers · filed Aug 15, 2023 · 61d runway
- Anne Arundel, MD · Closure · Manufacturing 75 workers · filed Apr 25, 2023 · 69d runway
- 1, MD · Layoff · Manufacturing 30 workers · filed Mar 31, 2022 · 61d runway
Median forward runway across 3 dated filings: 61 days (0 under 60d · 3 at/above 60d ).
What changed - WestRock WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2022 → 2023: WARN workers affected for WestRock rose from 30 in 2022 to 176 in 2023; notice count rose from 1 to 2.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2023.
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- MD
- Primary Industry
- Manufacturing
- First Notice
- Mar 31, 2022
- Latest Notice
- Aug 15, 2023
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Aug 2023.
WARN Notice History
2023
Columbus, IN · Manufacturing
Effective: Oct 15, 2023
101
workers
Filed Aug 15, 2023
Anne Arundel, MD · Manufacturing
Effective: Jul 3, 2023
75
workers
Filed Apr 25, 2023
2022
1, MD · Manufacturing
Effective: May 31, 2022
30
workers
Filed Mar 31, 2022
Questions about this WestRock record
What is the largest WestRock WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the facility closure filed for Columbus, IN on Aug 15, 2023, covering 101 workers in Manufacturing.
Where were WestRock's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Columbus, Anne Arundel, and 1; together they form 2 facility closures and 1 mass-layoff filing sourced from Indiana DWD and Maryland DLLR. States represented in this record: IN, MD.
Where is WestRock's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
Columbus accounts for 49% of WestRock's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Does WestRock's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2022 through 2023 across 2 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in WestRock's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway clears the federal 60-day baseline; use the dated filing history to see which location and event produced it.
See also: MD WARN filings · Manufacturing industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries WestRock 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.