Maryland Layoffs — August 2004

Employers in Maryland filed 3 WARN Act notices in August 2004, impacting roughly 136 workers — representing a pullback from July and down 58% versus August 2003. The average filing covered 45 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry	Notices	Workers
Other	3	136

The Other sector led the way in workforce reductions with 136 workers across 3 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Anne Arundel	1	125
Montgomery	1	10
Howard	1	1

Anne Arundel felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 92% of all affected workers with 125 workers across 1 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Hanover	1	125
Gaithersburg	1	10
Columbia	1	1

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Closure	1	125
Layoff	2	11

The high proportion of closures (92% of affected workers) suggests structural shifts rather than temporary cutbacks in Maryland's labor market.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
CitiFinancial	Hanover	125	Closure	2004-08-02
Alexus Int'l. Inc	Gaithersburg	10	Layoff	2004-08-05
Guidant Sales Corp	Columbia	1	Layoff	2004-08-09

The single largest action involved CitiFinancial at its Hanover facility, reporting 125 affected workers. Alexus Int'l. Inc followed with 10 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This is the third consecutive month of declining layoff activity.

The data underscores a easing in workforce disruptions across Maryland, with filings falling below both recent and year-ago levels. The Other sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.

This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Maryland. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100+ employees to provide 60-day advance notice of mass layoffs and plant closings. Data is updated daily by WARN Firehose. View all Maryland WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.