New Jersey Layoffs — August 2018

Employers in New Jersey filed 8 WARN Act notices in August 2018, impacting roughly 810 workers — representing a pullback from July and down 61% versus August 2017. The average filing covered 101 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in New Jersey this month. A total of 810 workers were affected across 8 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Passaic	3	471
Hudson	2	233
Atlantic	2	63
Morris	1	43

Passaic absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 58% of all affected workers with 471 workers across 3 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Wayne	2	396
Kearny	1	175
Clifton	1	75
Mays Landing	2	63
Jersey City	1	58

Layoff Type Analysis

Layoff type classification was not available for filings in New Jersey this month.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Toys	Wayne	212		2018-08-15
Toys	Wayne	184		2018-08-15
Nestle Waters North Ameriaca, Inc	Kearny	175		2018-08-01
Preferred Display, Inc	Clifton	75		2018-08-30
JP Morgan Chase	Jersey City	58		2018-08-12
Sears, Roebuck and Co	Mays Landing	51		2018-08-01
TE Connectivity	Budd Lake	43		2018-08-31
Sears Auto Center	Mays Landing	12		2018-08-01

The single largest action involved Toys at its Wayne facility, reporting 212 affected workers. Toys followed with 184 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This is the third consecutive month of declining layoff activity.

The data underscores a easing in workforce disruptions across New Jersey, with filings falling below both recent and year-ago levels.

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