Employers in Virginia filed 2 WARN Act notices in December 2013, impacting roughly 216 workers — representing a pullback from November and down 55% versus December 2012. The average filing covered 108 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Virginia this month. A total of 216 workers were affected across 2 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Henrico | 1 | 44 |
Henrico bore the heaviest burden, accounting for 20% of all affected workers with 44 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Henrico | 1 | 172 |
| Glen Allen | 1 | 44 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 1 | 172 |
| Closure | 1 | 44 |
Closures accounted for 20% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aditya Birla Minacs | Henrico | 172 | Layoff | 2013-12-28 |
| Bostwick Laboratories | Glen Allen | 44 | Closure | 2013-12-12 |
The single largest action involved Aditya Birla Minacs at its Henrico facility, reporting 172 affected workers. Bostwick Laboratories followed with 44 workers.
This is the third consecutive month of declining layoff activity.
The data underscores a easing in workforce disruptions across Virginia, with filings falling below both recent and year-ago levels.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Virginia. 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 Virginia WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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