Employers in Connecticut reported 6 WARN Act notices in December 2020, displacing an estimated 678 workers — signaling an acceleration from November. The average filing covered 113 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Connecticut this month. A total of 678 workers were affected across 6 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Hartford | 2 | 668 |
| New London | 2 | 10 |
Hartford bore the heaviest burden, accounting for 99% of all affected workers with 668 workers across 2 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Hartford | 2 | 668 |
| Norwich | 2 | 10 |
| Purchase dataset for city details | 2 | 0 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 1 | 334 |
| Closure | 1 | 5 |
Closures accounted for 1% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAZ Parking LTD, LLC (Updated Notice)* | Hartford | 334 | Layoff | 2020-12-15 |
| LAZ Parking LTD, LLC (Updated Notice)* | Hartford | 334 | 2020-12-15 | |
| Phelps Dodge Industries d.b.a Freeport-McMoRan (Updated notice)* | Norwich | 5 | Closure | 2020-12-08 |
| Freeport-McMoRan | Norwich | 5 | 2020-12-08 | |
| Le Tote, Inc. (Updated Notice)* | Purchase dataset for city details | N/A | 2020-12-15 | |
| LAZ Parking LTD, LLC (Updated Notice)* | Purchase dataset for city details | N/A | 2020-12-15 |
The most significant filing came from LAZ Parking LTD, LLC (Updated Notice)* at its Hartford facility, reporting 334 affected workers. LAZ Parking LTD, LLC (Updated Notice)* followed with 334 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The numbers illustrate mounting pressure on the Connecticut labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Connecticut. 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 Connecticut WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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