How to read these records

Which notices

Four tests, all from the notices published by the New York State Department of Labor: the notice is marked as a closure (not a layoff, a possible closure or a relocation); it affects 50 workers or more; it was received since January 2023; and the employer is not in health care, social assistance, education or childcare. Notices that name a person rather than a business are left out. An amended notice republished with the same date appears once.

What a WARN closure means

The employer told the state it would close a site — a plant, a store, an office — and lay off the people working there. It may be the whole business or only one location; the notice does not say which, and closures are sometimes postponed or cancelled.

Workers affected

The number the employer gave in its notice. It is not checked by the state, and it counts this site only.

What is not here

Contact persons, telephone numbers, email addresses, street addresses. Layoffs that are not closures. Closures of fewer than 50 workers. Notices before January 2023.