Employers in Georgia filed 13 WARN Act notices in February 2008, impacting roughly 1,699 workers — representing a notable rise over January and up 51% versus February 2007. The average filing covered 131 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
| Industry | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1 | 75 |
The Manufacturing sector led the way in workforce reductions with 75 workers across 1 notice.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Cobb | 1 | 306 |
| Fulton | 2 | 271 |
| Chattooga | 1 | 250 |
| Gwinnett | 3 | 235 |
| Muscogee | 1 | 214 |
Cobb absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 18% of all affected workers with 306 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 3 | 577 |
| Trion | 1 | 250 |
| Columbus | 1 | 214 |
| Norcross | 2 | 160 |
| Armuchee | 1 | 158 |
Layoff type classification was not available for filings in Georgia this month.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Home Depot | Atlanta | 306 | 2008-02-01 | |
| Mount Vernon Mills | Trion | 250 | 2008-02-12 | |
| Panasonic Primary Battery Company | Columbus | 214 | 2008-02-18 | |
| Exel | Atlanta | 166 | 2008-02-26 | |
| Mohawk Industries, Inc | Armuchee | 158 | 2008-02-25 | |
| Pierre Foods | Cedartown | 153 | 2008-02-08 | |
| Clopay Corp.d/b/a Rcs | Norcross | 143 | 2008-02-15 | |
| Propak Corp (chep) | Atlanta | 105 | 2008-02-28 | |
| Hd Supply Lumber & Building Materials | Duluth | 75 | 2008-02-25 | |
| Mohawk Industries, Inc | Dalton | 66 | 2008-02-25 | |
| Axa | Alpharetta | 42 | 2008-02-06 | |
| Sun Microsystems | Norcross | 17 | 2008-02-06 | |
| Harland Clarke | Decatur | 4 | 2008-02-08 |
The single largest action involved The Home Depot at its Atlanta facility, reporting 306 affected workers. Mount Vernon Mills followed with 250 workers.
This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.
The data underscores mounting pressure on the Georgia labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Manufacturing sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Georgia. 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 Georgia WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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