Maryland Layoffs — November 2016

Employers in Maryland logged 6 WARN Act notices in November 2016, involving roughly 522 workers — climbing above October and up 14% versus November 2015. The average filing covered 87 workers, with 2 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Maryland this month. A total of 522 workers were affected across 6 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Harford	1	115
Anne Arundel	1	73
Caroline	1	73

Harford absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 22% of all affected workers with 115 workers across 1 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Aberdeen	1	115
Baltimore	1	73
Federalsburg	1	73

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Closure	2	146
Layoff	1	115

Closures accounted for 28% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Kenoc Logistic Services, LLC's		115	Layoff	2016-11-21
Kenoc Logistic Services, LLC's	Aberdeen	115		2016-11-21
Simpson Strong-Tie, Inc		73	Closure	2016-11-04
Simpson Strong-Tie, Inc	Baltimore	73		2016-11-04
Kraft Heinz Foods Company		73	Closure	2016-11-11
Kraft Foods	Federalsburg	73		2016-11-11

The biggest impact was at Kenoc Logistic Services, LLC's at its Maryland facility, reporting 115 affected workers. Kenoc Logistic Services, LLC's followed with 115 workers.

Trend & Outlook

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

This data points to mounting pressure on the Maryland labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.

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.