Employers in Maryland logged 15 WARN Act notices in March 2009, involving roughly 1,094 workers — climbing above February and up 4458% versus March 2008. The average filing covered 73 workers, with 6 closures among the notices.
| Industry | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 15 | 1,094 |
The Other sector dominated layoff filings with 1,094 workers across 15 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Anne Arundel | 4 | 545 |
| Howard | 3 | 123 |
| Prince Georges | 4 | 120 |
| Harford | 1 | 114 |
| Caroline | 1 | 68 |
Anne Arundel felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 50% of all affected workers with 545 workers across 4 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | 4 | 545 |
| Belcamp | 1 | 114 |
| Columbia | 2 | 102 |
| Denton | 1 | 68 |
| Owings Mills | 1 | 63 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 9 | 642 |
| Closure | 6 | 452 |
Closures accounted for 41% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M&T Bank | Baltimore | 212 | Layoff | 2009-03-09 |
| M&T Bank | Baltimore | 205 | Layoff | 2009-03-09 |
| Vertis Communicatons | Belcamp | 114 | Closure | 2009-03-02 |
| Osiris Therapeutics, Inc | Columbia | 79 | Closure | 2009-03-30 |
| Ritz Camera Centers, Inc.'s Boater's World | Denton | 68 | Closure | 2009-03-09 |
| Pitney Bowes Presort Services, a Pitney Bowes Company | Baltimore | 68 | Closure | 2009-03-18 |
| Givaudan Flavors Corporation | Owings Mills | 63 | Closure | 2009-03-18 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | Silver Spring | 61 | Layoff | 2009-03-18 |
| Propak Logistics | Baltimore | 60 | Closure | 2009-03-23 |
| Csc | Lanham | 57 | Layoff | 2009-03-30 |
| Ritz Camera Centers, Inc.'s | Beltsville | 39 | Layoff | 2009-03-20 |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc | Columbia | 23 | Layoff | 2009-03-30 |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc | Annapolis Junction | 21 | Layoff | 2009-03-30 |
| Ritz Camera Centers Inc | Beltsville | 13 | Layoff | 2009-03-31 |
| Ritz Camera Centers Inc.'s | Beltsville | 11 | Layoff | 2009-03-27 |
The biggest impact was at M&T Bank at its Baltimore facility, reporting 212 affected workers. M&T Bank followed with 205 workers.
This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.
This data points to mounting pressure on the Maryland labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. 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.
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