Employers in Connecticut filed 4 WARN Act notices in August 2025, impacting roughly 268 workers. The average filing covered 67 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Connecticut this month. A total of 268 workers were affected across 4 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 2 | 112 |
Fairfield absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 42% of all affected workers with 112 workers across 2 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Shelton, Danbury, Wethersfield | 2 | 156 |
| Greenwich | 2 | 112 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 2 | 156 |
| Closure | 1 | 56 |
Closures accounted for 21% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PosiGen Developer LLC | Shelton, Danbury, Wethersfield | 78 | Layoff | 2025-08-25 |
| PosiGen Developer LLC | Shelton, Danbury, Wethersfield | 78 | Layoff | 2025-08-25 |
| ACME Market | Greenwich | 56 | Closure | 2025-08-04 |
| Acme Market WARN | Greenwich | 56 | 2025-08-04 |
The single largest action involved PosiGen Developer LLC at its Shelton, Danbury, Wethersfield facility, reporting 78 affected workers. PosiGen Developer LLC followed with 78 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The data underscores 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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