Missouri
- MU Health Care is laying off 74 workers and closing Hy-Vee Quick Care clinics in Columbia, Missouri, with keywords including workforce reduction, clinic closure, organizational redesign, and financial challenges.
Iowa
- State of Iowa is laying off roughly 200 state workers statewide as management of government data and websites is outsourced, with keywords including outsourcing, IT, data management, and state government.
Massachusetts
- Baystate Health has layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers across multiple departments in western Massachusetts, with keywords including hospital system, nursing concerns, emergency rooms, and workforce reduction.
Minnesota
- Acuity Brands Lighting is closing its Winona, Minnesota facility and laying off 86 workers, with keywords including WARN notice, plant closure, manufacturing, and production shift.
Michigan
- Dow is beginning layoffs in Midland, Michigan as part of a global restructuring affecting about 4,500 jobs worldwide, with keywords including restructuring, chemicals, global cuts, and workforce reduction.
Oregon
- Asante Health System has ongoing layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers in Medford, Oregon, with keywords including healthcare, restructuring, hiring, and workforce reduction.
Idaho
- Scentsy previously laid off 87 workers in Meridian, Idaho, with keywords including headquarters, warehouse, scented wax, and workforce reduction.
Texas
- John Soules Foods may trigger layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers in Tyler, Texas if a sanitation contract ends, with keywords including contract loss, food processing, sanitation, and workforce reduction.
United Kingdom
- BBC is cutting 550 jobs across the United Kingdom as part of a cost-savings plan, with keywords including budget reduction, restructuring, commissioning spend, and workforce reduction.
Company-wide/Location Not Specified
- Robinhood is laying off approximately 290 workers, with keywords including fintech, workforce reduction, cost management, and restructuring.
- Starbucks eliminated an unknown number of sustainability and social impact roles, with keywords including sustainability, corporate restructuring, leadership changes, and workforce reduction.
- Meta previously conducted layoffs affecting an unspecified number of workers while reassigning more than 7,000 employees to AI-focused roles, with keywords including artificial intelligence, restructuring, reassignment, and workforce reduction.
- Diageo, the company behind Johnnie Walker and Don Julio, is planning layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers, with keywords including cost savings, restructuring, non-revenue teams, and workforce reduction.
Potential/Unconfirmed Layoffs
- Seattle Public Schools is considering layoffs and school closures due to an $87 million budget shortfall in Seattle, Washington, with keywords including budget deficit, education, school closures, and proposed cuts.
- Xbox is reportedly preparing layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers, with keywords including gaming, restructuring, reported cuts, and workforce reduction.
- Bethesda parent ZeniMax is reportedly conducting layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers, with keywords including gaming, restructuring, reported cuts, and workforce reduction.
- Bungie is reportedly expected to lay off roughly 400 workers, with keywords including gaming, Destiny 2, Marathon, and proposed cuts.
National/Other Commentary and Analysis
- BioSpace published analysis explaining common drivers of biopharma layoffs, with keywords including biopharma, workforce trends, cost cutting, and industry analysis.
- HR Executive reported comments from Demis Hassabis arguing that some AI-related layoffs are driven by copycat behavior, with keywords including artificial intelligence, labor trends, executive commentary, and workforce strategy.
- WKYC, Reuters, and Butler Eagle reported that U.S. jobless claims remain historically low, with keywords including unemployment benefits, labor market, economic data, and layoffs.
- Chron summarized year-to-date Texas layoff totals and major WARN events, with keywords including statistics, WARN notices, labor market, and workforce trends.
- YouTube coverage explained WARN Act worker protections in Texas, with keywords including labor law, WARN Act, worker rights, and legal compliance.