Employers in Massachusetts filed 3 WARN Act notices in July 2019, impacting roughly 228 workers. The average filing covered 76 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Massachusetts this month. A total of 228 workers were affected across 3 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Worcester | 1 | 109 |
| Middlesex | 1 | 74 |
| Boston | 1 | 45 |
Worcester was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 48% of all affected workers with 109 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Worcester | 1 | 109 |
| Waltham | 1 | 74 |
| Boston | 1 | 45 |
Layoff type classification was not available for filings in Massachusetts this month.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Schulman, Inc | Worcester | 109 | 2019-07-15 | |
| ImmunoGen | Waltham | 74 | 2019-07-01 | |
| Babbo Enoteca FP LLC e Enoteca ("Babbo Boston") | Boston | 45 | 2019-07-23 |
The single largest action involved A. Schulman, Inc at its Worcester facility, reporting 109 affected workers. ImmunoGen followed with 74 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The data underscores mounting pressure on the Massachusetts labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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