PR Layoffs — March 2021

Employers in PR filed 1 WARN Act notices in March 2021, impacting roughly 202 workers. The average filing covered 202 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.

1
Notices Filed
202
Workers Affected
202
Avg per Notice
1
Closures

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in PR this month. A total of 202 workers were affected across 1 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

CountyNoticesWorkers
Ponce1202

Ponce saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 100% of all affected workers with 202 workers across 1 notices.

CityNoticesWorkers
Ponce1202

Layoff Type Analysis

TypeNoticesWorkers
Closure1202

The high proportion of closures (100% of affected workers) suggests structural shifts rather than temporary cutbacks in PR's labor market.

Largest Layoffs

CompanyCityWorkersTypeDate
RochePonce202Closure2021-03-20

The single largest action involved Roche at its Ponce facility, reporting 202 affected workers.

Trend & Outlook

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

The data underscores mounting pressure on the PR labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.

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

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