Week Ahead: November 14 Is the Heaviest Upcoming Layoff Week, With 8,404 Workers Scheduled

The next six weeks on the WARN calendar carry 35,602 reported workers, and one week stands above the rest: the week listed as November 14, with 8,404 workers scheduled. That is more than half again as many as the lightest week in the same stretch, and it means the heaviest layoff activity in the near term is still about three weeks away, not this week.

These figures come from Layoff Atlas's upcoming-by-week chart, checked on October 24, 2026. The registry's current 90-day notice window holds 701 notices covering 65,974 reported workers. The six upcoming weeks alone account for about 54 percent of that window's reported workers, a reminder that much of what has already been filed has not yet taken effect.

The six weeks, week by week

Here is the upcoming schedule as listed on the registry:

  • Week of October 24: 2,759 workers
  • Week of October 31: 7,437 workers
  • Week of November 7: 4,326 workers
  • Week of November 14: 8,404 workers
  • Week of November 21: 6,925 workers
  • Week of November 28: 5,751 workers

The pattern is uneven rather than a steady climb. The week of October 31 is already heavy at 7,437 workers, then the pace dips to 4,326 in the week of November 7 before jumping to the 8,404 peak. After that peak, the totals ease but stay high: 6,925 and then 5,751 workers in the final two weeks of November. There is no quiet week in this stretch, and the week of October 31, the second-heaviest week, arrives first: the end of October is the start of the heavy stretch, not a calm before it.

What is already on the calendar for the coming days

The nearest large effective date in the registry is October 26, when Eos Energy Storage's 251-worker layoff filing in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, takes effect. Most of the workers counted in the six-week totals are in the same position, with filed dates that have not yet arrived.

Note what these weekly totals do not include. The 33 notices in the current window with no available worker count contribute nothing to the totals, so 35,602 is a floor, not a ceiling. And the registry covers 51 jurisdictions, but only 48 have imported records, so states with thin or missing source coverage will look quieter than they may actually be.

Where the national numbers stand

For context, the states with the most reported workers in the current 90-day window are Washington (16,938), California (14,224), Illinois (4,626), Texas (3,652), and Ohio (3,180). Together those five states hold 42,620 workers, about 65 percent of the national window total. The concentration matters for reading the weekly chart: national spikes can be driven by a small number of large filings in a few states, and a quiet national week does not necessarily mean a quiet week in any particular state.

A worker outside the top five should not take comfort from a national average, and a worker in Washington or California should not assume every large week is local. The state pages on Layoff Atlas break the same registry down by jurisdiction, which is the right place to check what is scheduled near you.

What workers facing a November date can do now

A WARN filing gives advance notice precisely so workers are not caught by surprise, and the weeks before an effective date are the time to use it. Three practical steps apply regardless of state:

First, confirm the details of your own employer's filing, including the effective date and whether it is a layoff, a closure, or a temporary action. Filed plans can change, and the notice itself is the authoritative record, not a news summary of it.

Second, find out whether a Rapid Response team has been assigned to your workplace. These state-run teams offer free help with unemployment claims, job search, and retraining, and they typically make contact around the time a filing becomes public.

Third, prepare the paperwork early: an updated resume, a record of your start date and job title, and any separation documents your employer provides. Unemployment rules and waiting periods vary by state, so checking your own state's process before the effective date avoids a gap in the first weeks after it.

A filed date three weeks out is only useful if it is used.

The caveat that applies to every number here

All of these figures describe reported plans, not confirmed job losses. WARN notices are advance filings employers make before qualifying mass layoffs and plant closures, and the final headcount can differ from what was filed: plans can be scaled back, delayed, or cancelled. Coverage and reporting rules also vary by state, so the registry is not a census of layoffs. Read the weekly totals as a schedule of what employers have said they plan to do, and check the underlying filings for anything that affects you directly.

The week of November 14, at 8,404 workers, is the peak of the next six weeks. The week of October 31, at 7,437, arrives sooner and is nearly as heavy. Between them, and the four other weeks around them, 35,602 workers have filed layoff dates on the calendar before the end of November.

Data source: Layoff Atlas