Pharmaceutics International Files a 94-Worker WARN Notice in Hunt Valley, Maryland, Effective December 29, 2026

Pharmaceutics International, Inc., a Jabil Inc. company, has filed a WARN notice covering 94 workers at its Hunt Valley operation in Maryland, with an effective date of December 29, 2026. The notice was published on October 30, 2026, making it one of the newest dated filings on Layoff Atlas's national homepage — and the largest recent dated filing not previously covered by this series.

As with every WARN record, the figure describes a reported plan, not a confirmed job loss. It does not by itself confirm how many people will ultimately lose their jobs, whether some will be reassigned or transferred, or whether the plan will change before December 29.

What the filing says

The registry lists the employer as "Pharmaceutics International, Inc., a Jabil Inc. Company - Hunt Valley" and records it as a Maryland record in the Baltimore area. It reports 94 affected workers, a notice date of October 30, 2026, and an effective date of December 29, 2026.

The timeline matches the federal WARN Act's headline benchmark exactly: from October 30 to December 29 is 60 days. The WARN Act generally requires covered employers to give 60 days' advance notice of a qualifying mass layoff or plant closing, and this filing sits right on that line.

What the listing does not publish is just as important. It does not name the affected job titles, explain whether the action is a closure, a layoff, or a reduction at the site, or describe severance, reassignment, or benefit terms. The registry does not publish the notice letter itself, so those details are not part of this record. Readers should also be careful with the company name: grouped names in the registry do not by themselves establish ownership, and the listing preserves the employer's name exactly as filed.

One notice for 94 workers also does not describe the company's statewide or national workforce, and it does not indicate a broader company-wide action. It is a single site-level filing, and it should be read that way.

A late-December effective date

December 29 falls in the final days of the year, a few days before several other recent notices take effect on December 31 — including Alaska Airlines' 121-worker Washington filing and GEICO's 114-worker Lakeland, Florida filing. For workers, timing matters: an effective date near year-end falls close to holidays and benefit-plan boundaries, so anyone affected should check, before December 29, when health coverage ends and how final pay and unused leave will be handled. A WARN filing does not answer those questions.

The filing is also a reminder that WARN notices keep arriving after the headlines move on. A notice published on October 30 does not take effect until nearly two months later, which is precisely the point of the law: the notice period is meant to give workers, state rapid-response teams, and local communities time to prepare.

Maryland in context

Maryland's WARN archive is substantial. Layoff Atlas's Maryland page lists 1,431 non-cancelled imported notices reporting 117,891 workers affected across the full archive, with 16 notices carrying future effective dates. In 2026 so far, the state page records 117 notices and 8,184 reported workers. Over the last 365 days, the imported archive contains 146 eligible official filings for Maryland, reporting 9,895 workers.

Those archive totals span many years — including 2020, when the archive records 378 notices and 28,946 workers — so they are not a picture of the current year alone. The 94-worker Hunt Valley filing is a small fraction of Maryland's 2026 total, but it is one of the state's newest official filings: the Maryland page's newest official notice date is October 30, 2026, the same date as this filing.

Nationally, Layoff Atlas currently shows 666 notices and 62,948 reported workers in its 90-day notice window, with 28 worker counts unavailable. California leads the top-states ranking with 18,196 workers, followed by Washington with 17,336, Illinois with 3,649, Texas with 2,978, and Maryland with 2,429. Those rankings reflect connected sources only, and worker totals exclude unavailable counts.

What to watch next

The most useful next step for anyone tracking this filing is also the simplest: watch whether it changes. WARN notices are sometimes amended, delayed, or cancelled before their effective date, and a filing that exists today may look different by December 29. Layoff Atlas updates its registry as new notices and revisions arrive, so the Hunt Valley record is worth rechecking closer to the effective date.

For workers at the site, the practical checklist does not depend on the headlines. Confirm the effective date in writing, ask about health coverage end dates and COBRA options, check how unused leave and final pay will be treated, and contact Maryland's rapid-response program for help with unemployment benefits and job search. None of that information is in the WARN listing — but the 60-day window exists so workers have time to get it.

The filing is a reported plan, not a confirmed job loss. Treating it as anything more — or anything less — would misread what a WARN notice actually is.

Data source: Layoff Atlas