The Week of Nov 15 Is Now the Heaviest Upcoming Layoff Week: 7,644 Workers

The layoff calendar for the rest of fall 2026 has a new heavyweight. As of October 11, WARN filings tracked by Layoff Atlas put 7,644 reported workers at a planned effective date in the week of November 15 — more than any other upcoming week on the books. As with every number in this article, these are reported plans, not confirmed job losses: a filed notice is an advance warning of a qualifying mass layoff or closure, not proof that every listed worker will be let go.

The six weeks ahead

Here is the current week-by-week picture of upcoming effective dates, measured in reported workers:

Together, the six weeks account for roughly 28,200 reported workers whose separations are scheduled to take effect. The pattern is back-loaded: the two heaviest weeks are the last two, and November 15's total is about triple the volume of the coming week (October 11's 2,522).

The ranking shifted since early October

This is worth flagging because the heavyweight weeks keep moving. Earlier in October, the weeks of October 28 and October 30 looked like the season's peaks. Since then, new filings — and scheduled separations pushed into mid-November — have made the week of November 15 the heaviest upcoming week in the registry. That kind of shift is normal: WARN effective dates change as companies amend notices and as new filings arrive each week, so any "heaviest week" title is provisional until the dates arrive.

Where the national picture stands

The registry currently holds 738 notices reporting 68,093 workers in the 90-day notice window, with 31 counts listed as unavailable. The state ranking by reported workers is still top-heavy: Washington (16,776 workers), California (16,011), Illinois (4,772), Texas (3,842), and Ohio (3,224) lead, with the rest of the country trailing well behind.

Filings continue to arrive daily. The most recent notices in the registry are small California filings from early October — Beachbody (80 workers, El Segundo), Caribou Biosciences (87 workers, Berkeley) — alongside notices from Virginia, Minnesota, and Florida. Upcoming effective dates include October 12 filings such as Silgan Containers in California (120 workers, a temporary layoff), Ryder in North Carolina (73 workers), and Nearly Natural in Florida (60 workers).

Reading these numbers carefully

A few cautions, since this data is easy to misread:

• These are reported plans, not confirmed job losses. WARN notices record what employers said they planned when they filed. Actual separations can differ.
• Coverage varies by state. The registry covers 51 jurisdictions and 48 have imported records, but some states' sources are partial or temporarily unavailable. Missing coverage is not zero layoffs.
• Worker counts can change. Companies amend filings, and the 31 records with unavailable counts are excluded from totals, so the real numbers are almost certainly higher.
• The window is 90 days of notice dates. This is a rolling picture, not an annual census of layoffs.

What to watch

The practical takeaway: if you're tracking exposure in your industry or region, the weeks of October 25, November 8, and especially November 15 carry the most scheduled volume. Watch whether those totals grow as more mid-November filings land — the next two weeks of new notices will decide whether November 15 keeps its title.

Data source: Layoff Atlas