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More than a hundred companies across the United States are poised to lay off employees this November. Why It Matters The layoffs are expected to impact thousands of American workers ahead of the holiday season. Layoffs can be viewed as a signal about how companies view economic headwinds, but reasons could also be due to restructuring or plans to maximize profits. An August report from outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas found that hundreds of thousands of layoffs have occurred so far in 2025—many of which were part of President Donald Trump’s changes to the federal workforce. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to give 60 days’ notice ahead of mass layoffs. According to the group Legal Aid at Work, a mass layoff occurs under the WARN Act when at least 50 employees are laid off during a 30-day period and affects one-third of the workplace if 500 employees are laid off during a 30-day period regardless of the company's size or an entire work site is closed down and at least 50 employees are laid off during a 30-day period. What to Know More than 100 companies have filed WARN notices indicating plans to lay off workers in November, according to WARNTracker.com. The following companies are laying off workers this month. 21st Amendment Brewery Café Accelore Group ACDI VOCA ACG Biologics AG Management Group, LLC Agile Physical Therapy Agrimacs, Inc. AgriNorthwest Alphabet Inc. Aluma Systems Baltimore Arsenal Biosciences, Inc. Aurora Cares, LLC. Avelo Airlines Azure Acres Treatement Center Baltimore Fabrication LLC Bell Nursery, LLC Bicycle Transit Systems BM Administrative Services Boardwalk Property Services, LLC Borton & Sons, Inc. Canyon Ranch Woodside Carbon, Inc. Cascade View Fruit & Cold Storage, LLC CHEP Services, LLC. City of Hope Columbia Orchard Management CRC ED Treatment LLC Darigold, Inc. DexCom DoubleTree by Memphis Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream DSTV Inc. EchoStar Corporation Eclipse Advantage, LLC Elme Support Services LLC Equiniti Trust Company, LLC Essendant Management Services Family YMCA of the Desert FirstFruits, LLC Foundation for California Community Colleges FPI Management, Inc. G&C Staffing, LLC G2 Secure Staff Gebbers Farm Gilbert Orchards, Inc. GS Riverside, LLC. HillsboroFacility Holiday Inn Club Vacations Incorporated – The Villages Resort IPG DXTRA Entertainment J & J Maintenance Jabil Jewish Community Center and Federation John Deere Johns Hopkins University Just Learning, Inc. Kershaw Farm Labor Management King Fuji Ranch, Inc. Landey EV Dispatch, Inc. Lazyday Holdings Inc. Magnesium Alloy Products Co., Inc Manson Grower Orchard Services MaxCyte, Inc. MB Metro Mattress Corporation Microsoft Monson Ranches-Snake River Orchard, LLC MS Leisure Companny N.A. Degerstorm Nordstrom Credit Bank Norman’s Nursery North State Public Radio NWFM OP Mobility Oracle America Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Palo Verde Healthcare District PenneyOpCo LLC Perdue Foods, LLC PGT Industries, LLC PL Developments Quest Diagnostics RAND Corporation Randstad Raydia Food Group Raytheon Technologies Revel Transit Inc. Revol Greens CA, LLC RGNext Rivian, LLC S3 Shared Service Solutions Safeway Salesforce Sandpiper SAP America Saputo Cheese USA Seatrium AMFELS, Inc. Seattle Children’s Hospital Sheridan Random Lake Six Flags Entertainment Corporation Southwest Key Programs Stemlit Ag Services LLC Sunny Glenn Children’s Home Target The Brigantine, Inc. Thermal Structures, Inc. UMB University of Southern California Valyria, Inc. Virginia Mason Franciscan Warner Music Group Washington Orchard Management Wellpath Wells Fargo Wells Fargo Center Wodward West York International Corporation Zeco Systems, Inc. Joanne Song McLaughlin, a labor economist at the University of Buffalo, told Newsweek that “the tremendous level of uncertainty in the economy” is a reason some companies may be opting to lay off workers. “The current economic uncertainty comes from volatility in trade and fiscal policies, and the government shutdown. We also experience underlying structural changes driven by AI, which I believe could have an interaction effect on the policy and political volatilities,” she said. “Uncertainty makes it hard for employers to predict, so they will most likely reduce investment and employment.” It's hard to predict how layoff trends may shift for the rest of the year into early 2026, she said. “It seems that significant trade policies are changing daily. In addition, we have the government shutdown, which we have no idea when it will end. The impact of the shutdown is not limited to government workers but has important ripple effects in the economy. The shutdown affects government programs like SNAP, which will also affect local grocery stores, for example,” she said. Robert Triest, economist at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that tariffs are increasing business costs and “acting like a supply shock to the economy.” This means that some firms are likely to be scaling back employment in anticipation of decreased sales. Artificial intelligence may also be playing a role in layoffs. “The spread of generative AI is allowing some firms to automate tasks, leading to increased productivity but also less need for workers,” he said. Meanwhile, he noted that the repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act is causing a decrease in demand for “green technology” like electric vehicles, he said. The uncertain state of the economy has changed the way people approach their jobs. A recent report from the employment website Monster.com found that 48 percent of U.S. workers are "job hugging" and staying in their current role longer than they usually would, rather than look for a new job in a challenging market. Many companies laid off employees in October as well. Amazon, for instance, announced more than 14,000 layoffs. What People Are Saying Joanne Song McLaughlin also told Newsweek: “The effect of the government shutdown during this period is a serious issue. The Fed’s monetary policy is based on detailed data that help it assess the health of the economy. But during the government shutdown, because the data collection process is drastically slowed or not being collected, the Fed has to make a decision with less information. That is not great news for the economy. Robert Triest also told Newsweek: “Whether the trend accelerates or eases depends critically on the overall state of the economy. That is very difficult to predict right now, partly due to the lack of official data during the federal government shutdown, but also due to continued policy uncertainty and the unusual combination of macroeconomic factors that evolved prior to the shutdown. What Happens Next During the week of September 20, 180,992 Americans filed unemployment claims. More recent data is unavailable due to the ongoing government shutdown. How the economy continues to react to the shutdown, which has now lasted a month, is yet to be seen.
