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Massachusetts has recorded 85 WARN filings over the past 24 months, affecting 6,069 workers across 54 companies. The most active filer is Making Opportunities Count with 8 filings. Most filings are concentrated in Cambridge, Boston, and Lawrence. Filing dates range from Sep 26, 2024 through Jun 26, 2025. The average recorded date gap is 60 days for measurable filings; this does not establish notice received or legal compliance. The five largest employers account for 36 percent of the 6,069 workers affected in this window, led by G2 Secure Staff with 598.

Last 24 Months

Workers Affected
6,069
Filings
85
Companies Affected
54
Avg Workers / Filing
71
Top Employer
G2 Secure Staff
598 workers
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Monthly Trend

Monthly avg: 252/mo

Top Cities

Workers by year

The current year is incomplete; these totals are not a like-for-like growth comparison.

2026 YTD
0
2025
2024

Closure vs. Layoff

Note: 100% of filings do not specify type.

Top Employers Filing in Massachusetts

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Your Rights Under the WARN Act

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About This Data

Massachusetts has expanded 'mini-WARN' requirements with lower thresholds than the federal standard. All data on this page is sourced from official filings published by the Massachusetts workforce agency. Filings through Jun 26, 2025. View source data at Massachusetts workforce agency →

WARN Act rules in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has no separate state layoff notice statute. Employers here follow the federal WARN Act, which sets the floor in every state.

56%

of measured filings have a recorded date gap of at least 60 days

Measured across 71 filings where both the notice date and the layoff date are on record. Median 60 days. This does not determine legal compliance or notice received by workers.

Notice required
60 days
Employers covered
100 or more employees, under federal WARN.
What triggers notice
A plant closing affecting 50 or more employees at a single site in 30 days, or a mass layoff of 500 or more, or 50 to 499 if they are at least 33 percent of the site workforce.
Administered by
Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development

What the federal standard means here

Federal WARN requires 60 days written notice before a covered plant closing or mass layoff, and reaches employers with 100 or more employees.

Because Massachusetts adds no state requirement, a layoff below those thresholds can be entirely lawful with no notice at all, and will not appear in the filings on this page. What WARN does not cover.

Why short notice is not automatically a violation

WARN allows reduced notice for unforeseeable business circumstances, faltering companies seeking capital, and natural disasters. An employer relying on one of those has to say so in the notice. What the 44 percent figure shows is that the 60 days people expect is not what they typically get.

Source: Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Checked 2026-08-10. Plain-language summary, not legal advice. State legislatures amend these rules; confirm the current text before relying on it.

Recent Massachusetts Filings

All Closures Layoffs 202620252024
CompanyCityTypeWorkersEffectiveRecorded
Sage Therapeutics Cambridge 338 2025-08-22
Recorded: 2025-06-26
2025-06-26
Unistress & Berkshire Concrete Pittsfield 233 2025-07-07
Recorded: 2025-06-25
2025-06-25
First Wave Logistics Bridgewater 72 2025-06-17
Recorded: 2025-06-25
2025-06-25
ImmunityBio Woburn 3 2025-07-29
Recorded: 2025-06-11
2025-06-11
Feeney Brothers Excavation Worcester 76 2025-04-15
Recorded: 2025-05-28
2025-05-28
Vor Biopharma Cambridge 155 2025-05-08
Recorded: 2025-05-28
2025-05-28
Brightcove Boston 1 2025-05-23
Recorded: 2025-05-23
2025-05-23
Factory Motor Parts Avon 67 2025-05-23
Recorded: 2025-05-20
2025-05-20
Berkeley Retirement Home Lawrence 43 2025-08-31
Recorded: 2025-05-19
2025-05-19
Bahama Breeze Tyngsborough 73 2025-05-15
Recorded: 2025-05-15
2025-05-15
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