New Hampshire Layoffs — May 2011

Employers in New Hampshire recorded 2 WARN Act notices in May 2011, covering approximately 101 workers. The average filing covered 50 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in New Hampshire this month. A total of 101 workers were affected across 2 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Merrimack, Rockingham, Hillsborough	1	56
Rockingham	1	45

Merrimack, Rockingham, Hillsborough absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 55% of all affected workers with 56 workers across 1 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Concord, Londonderry, Manchester, Nashua, Salem, Portsmouth, Epping	1	56
Stratham	1	45

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	1	56
Closure	1	45

Closures accounted for 45% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Flextronics Americas LLC / RTS	Concord, Londonderry, Manchester, Nashua, Salem, Portsmouth, Epping	56	Layoff	2011-05-27
Vitronics Soltec	Stratham	45	Closure	2011-05-02

Leading the list was Flextronics Americas LLC / RTS at its Concord, Londonderry, Manchester, Nashua, Salem, Portsmouth, Epping facility, reporting 56 affected workers. Vitronics Soltec followed with 45 workers.

Trend & Outlook

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

The filings reflect mounting pressure on the New Hampshire labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.

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