Employers in Rhode Island filed 2 WARN Act notices in March 2014, impacting roughly 116 workers. The average filing covered 58 workers, with 2 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Rhode Island this month. A total of 116 workers were affected across 2 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Providence | 1 | 115 |
| Kent | 1 | 1 |
Providence saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 99% of all affected workers with 115 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Smithfield | 1 | 115 |
| Warwick | 1 | 1 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Closure | 2 | 116 |
The high proportion of closures (100% of affected workers) suggests structural shifts rather than temporary cutbacks in Rhode Island's labor market.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodexo | Smithfield | 115 | Closure | 2014-03-31 |
| Dessert Services Inc | Warwick | 1 | Closure | 2014-03-26 |
The single largest action involved Sodexo at its Smithfield facility, reporting 115 affected workers. Dessert Services Inc followed with 1 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The data underscores mounting pressure on the Rhode Island labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Rhode Island. 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 Rhode Island WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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