Washington DC Layoffs — April 2009

Employers in Washington DC filed 10 WARN Act notices in April 2009, impacting roughly 61 workers. The average filing covered 6 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry	Notices	Workers
Education	1	2

The Education sector led the way in workforce reductions with 2 workers across 1 notice.

Geographic Hotspots

Geographic details were not available for filings in Washington DC this month.

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	10	61

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Fried Frank, LLP		20	Layoff	2009-04-01
Department of Parks and Recreation		18	Layoff	2009-04-30
Office of Contracting and Procurement		6	Layoff	2009-04-23
DCTV/Office of Cable Television		5	Layoff	2009-04-23
Department of Motor Vehicles		4	Layoff	2009-04-23
Office of Risk Management		3	Layoff	2009-04-23
Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization		2	Layoff	2009-04-23
Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining		1	Layoff	2009-04-23
Office on Human Rights		1	Layoff	2009-04-23
The Taxicab Commission		1	Layoff	2009-04-23

The single largest action involved Fried Frank, LLP at its Washington DC facility, reporting 20 affected workers. Department of Parks and Recreation followed with 18 workers.

Trend & Outlook

After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.

The data underscores mounting pressure on the Washington DC labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Education sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.

This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Washington DC. 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 Washington DC WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.