Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

California: Mi Pueblo issued a shutdown WARN for their Newark grocery store, 76 jobs gone by mid-July.  Illinois based food service company Levy Restaurants issued a shutdown WARN for their Ontario location, 167 jobs gone by mid-July!  Also in Ontario, events contractor AEG Management eliminating 280 jobs by the end of the month! Sports Authority issued a shutdown WARN for their Fontana warehouse, 122 people jobless by next week!  Bienvenidos Children Center eliminating seven jobs by the end of the month.  Visiting Nurse Association revealed they laid off 68 people in Redlands, Riverside and Victorville (between April & May).  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; Solar Link eliminating 169 jobs in Ontario by mid-July!  In Mountain View, Veritas Technology revealed they laid off 126 people back in mid-May!  In Rosemead, Souther California Edison continues job killing, this time 78 employees becoming unemployed by next week. L-3 Communications revealed it shutdown its San Carlos operations back in April, 69 jobs lost.  Video game maker Disney Interactive revealed they laid off 55 people, back in mid-May.  In San Jose, Western Digital issued a mass layoff WARN, 232 jobs gone by July!

Connecticut: School bus contractor First Student issued a WARN for their Brooklyn operations, 19 jobs gone by the end of the month.

Georgia: In Savannah, god powerless to stop ‘his’ Young Men’s Christian Association from shutting down their 17 years old Southside YMCA.  But get this, the YMCA is being shutdown by god’s own Saint Joseph Hospital, who owns the property the Southside YMCA is using.

Illinois:  What automotive industry recovery?  Lake Forest based car parts maker UCI Holdings-International now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, including their subsidiaries Airtex,  ASC Industries and Champion.

Kansas: In Topeka, after seven years retailer The Merchant shutdown after being sold to the owners of Cyrus Hotel.  Local news media say it’s all about property speculation.

New York: School bus contractor First Student issued a shutdown WARN for their Center Moriches operations, 4-hundred jobs gone by  the end of the month!  WPH Midtown Associates decided not to renew the lease on their Buffalo Holiday Inn Hotel, 82 jobs gone by September.  After 53 years Chatham Bowl suddenly shutdown, no explanation reported by news media.  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Webster Christian School from shutting down due to The Rapture, I mean lack of students: “The road to transition had been paved with honest assessment, strategic planning, and fresh initiatives….. Notwithstanding all these….Webster Christian School will be closing at the end of this current school year….we simply do not have the number of students….to provide a standard of excellence in Christian education.”-school statement

In Oakdale, Dowling College suddenly shutdown due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.  Local news media reported that students are literally screwed over as they scramble to find other colleges to accept their transfers: “This painful decision is a reflection of the unprecedented financial challenges facing countless private educational institutions across the nation and the difficult choices that many must now face.”-Albert Inserra, college president

Ohio: In Columbus, after six years Objects for the Home shutting down, apparently the owners will be opening another smaller version of their furniture store at some future unknown date and location.

Oklahoma: D&L Oil Tools conducted a second round of layoffs, 53 jobs lost.  In February they laid off 78 people.

Washington: Boeing finally confirmed what many local news media were reporting; mass layoffs in Puget Sound, 211 employees to become unemployed by mid-July!

30 – 31 May 2016: “no other choice…Without a line of credit” 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alaska: Washington based Great Pacific Seafoods shutdown all its Alaska operations then declared bankruptcy, blaming it on Russia and Too Big to Jail U.S. banks: “We believe we have no other choice given the financial performance we experienced last year… …Without a line of credit, we did not have access to sufficient working capital to begin the season.”-company statement referring to the sanctions Russia placed against U.S. food producers, Russia recently extended those sanctions, U.S. currency war with Japan is also blamed

California: Insurance company UnitedHealth announced it will get the hell outta the Covered California ObamaCare insurance program by the end of the year, explaining that “The smaller overall market size and shorter term, higher-risk profile within this market segment continue to suggest we cannot broadly serve it on an effective and sustained basis.”   In Oceanside, Kabler Construction laying off 67 people by the end of June.  After nine years Texas based convenience store operator CST California Stations (aka CST Brands) is now dead, 537 jobs across a dozen Golden State locations gone by July (administrators blame low gas prices)!  Jamba Juice issued a shutdown WARN for their Emeryville HQ, 103 jobs gone by Xmas as the juice franchise moves its HQ to Texas!  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; internet seller of ‘healthy’ foods Thrive Market issued a shutdown WARN for their operations in the city of Commerce, 98 jobs gone by mid-July.   The revelation comes after Forbes revealed a history of internet failures by Thrive Market’s executives, and emotional weakness.  At the joint civil-military airbase called Moffett Field, taxsucking government contractor Jacobs Technology laying off 55 people by the end of June.

Connecticut: British empire based food service company Chartwells issued a WARN for their Newtown Compass Group operations, 40 jobs gone by the end of June.  Hallmark Cards issued a shutdown WARN for their 64 years old Enfield distribution operations, as many as 570 jobs gone by the end of August!  Since 2015 Hallmark has threatened to shutdown the warehouse, as part of their plans to consolidated operations to Missouri.

Florida: Child Development Services shutting down their Ocala operations, 272 jobs gone by the end of June!

Indiana: Food chemical company Vertellus Specialties now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and selling assets to pay the debts.  Administrators blame “macroeconomic challenges facing our Agriculture and Nutrition business”.

Massachusetts: After surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions Haberman Hardware shutting down, calling it retirement.

Michigan: The Pugsley state prison shutting down in September, as part of state ‘lawmakers’ plans to save $22-million USD.

Minnesota: In Rochester two Papa John’s pizza take outs suddenly shutdown. The owner could not afford the latest tech upgrades and pay the new higher minimum wages, so he tried to sell the businesses but nobody wanted to buy.

New York: Iconic film maker Kodak ramped up its layoffs, at least 27 people being laid off between now and August.   In Brooklyn, god powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services from shutting down their Outreach & Integration Program, by the end of August.  What automotive industry recovery? General Motors (GM) suddenly terminated their janitor services contract at their Tonawanda engine factory, at least 47 jobs gone by the end of June.  State employment administrators are labeling it a “plant closing”.

Texas:  Plano based Pizza Hut (owned by Yum!) revealed its been using chemicals and antibiotics to keep its food ‘fresh’. Pizza Hut administrators claim they will stop using butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) or butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) by the end of July, and stop using chicken processed with antibiotics by March 2017. More and more studies are coming out saying the use of such ‘preservatives’ are actually creating ‘superbugs’ like the new E.coli that cannot be killed with anything.

Wisconsin:  In Brookfield, Hom Wood Fired Grill suddenly shutdown. The owners say because of “changing times” they will focus on their other restaurants.

28-29 May 2016: “This is a scary thing” 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alabama: In Huntsville, after 31 years Clementine’s Restaurant and Catering shutting down due to the owner becoming an “executive chef”.  In Bessemer, Michigan based Grede Casting Integrity shutting down, 177 jobs gone by July!  The official WARN did not explain why.

California:  In San Miguel, after 29 years Country Diner shutting down on Monday due to a greedy landlord who refuses to negotiate a new lease.  Struggling Los Angeles based Forever 21 just sold-off its clothier operations in India to a company called Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail.   Don’t blame competition from the internet, Forever 21 included their rights to their ‘online’ sales in India as part of the sale.  Up ’till now Forever 21 was operating in India under a partnership with a company called DFL Brands-Myntra.  Also in Los Angeles, after four years the Thomas Duncan Gallery shutting down next month, no explanation.   More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; The Golden State’s tech Mecca ‘Silicon Valley’ is crashing and burning as the California Budget & Policy Center reports Silicon Valley’s  middle class is disappearing and the 1% are even richer than before!

Connecticut: More failed state layoffs as 13 taxpayer funded jobs were eliminated at taxpayer funded vocational schools. Local news media says state job layoffs are now just shy of 1-thousand, a record!  But there’s more to come as ‘elected’ officials say as many as 2-thousand 5-hundred state jobs are being axed!

Delaware: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals forced to shutdown and sell their Stanton animal shelter.  Because of skyrocketing abandonment of pets in other areas of the state, the SCPA is selling their Stanton ops to try and raise money to expand the other locations!

Illinois: British empire Canada based BMO Harris Banking conducting mass layoffs, including an undisclosed number at its Chicago locations.  It’s all part of Too Big to Jail bank’s plan to “accelerate the use of technology to enhance customer experience.”

Massachusetts: After 38 years Mister Tire in North Adams shutting down.  It’s the second tire shop in the past year to shutdown in North Adams: “I’m 59, I’ve been doing it for almost 40 years. I’m not only the guy at the top, I’m the guy at the bottom. I don’t have the stamina to keep going anymore, I don’t have the heart to keep going.”-Larry Davis, owner

Missouri: In Joplin, medical battery/device maker EaglePicher Technologies laid off at least 90 people without warning: “Stabbed in the back, betrayed, no warning what-so-ever!”-unnamed former employee to local news media, who added that local police were called in to help fire the employees

“Health insurance is going to last to the end of the month. The severance package that they say was supposed to be great is going to be one more check for 40 hours.”-another unnamed former employee

New York: NBCUniversal eliminating 25 jobs at its NYC based USA Network and Syfy.

Oklahoma: In Tishomingo, country music singer ‘christian’ Miranda Lambert ‘flipped the bird’ at her own The Pink Pistol employees when she secretly sold the property to her ex-husband, and then without warning shutdown the clothing store.  However, Miranda crazed former employees tried to hide their anger about not being warned: “This ‘rumor’ is real and my sister and Kay lost their jobs.”-Morgan Cribbs

“Yes, Pink Pistol Tishomingo is closed as of today. Blake bought it and we don’t know much more. I’ve loved my job there and I love the town!”-Kayleigh

Pennsylvania: In Norwegian Township, after 42 years the Hallmark Heritage Shop shutting down in July.  It’s owned by Matus Enterprises (which owns 17 stores total) and a consultant said, without further explanation, “The owner at this point is somewhat exhausted.” 

Texas: In San Antonio, after almost 30 years Fatso’s Sports Garden shuts down this weekend.  The retiring owner admitted their decades of success was not planned, saying “We didn’t set out to do anything. It just happened.”  

Virginia: What automotive industry recovery?  Sweden based Volvo announced yet more layoffs at their truck factory in Dublin, so far both Volvo and the employee union refuse to say how many jobs are being lost.  Local news media say layoffs at the Dublin Volvo factory, since December,  involve at least 5-hundred workers, but could hit 730!

Washington: California based clothier Forever 21 issued a shutdown WARN for their Tacoma location, 70 jobs gone by mid-June.

Wisconsin: In Grand Chute, after nine years Colorado based Outdoor Outlet shutting down their Fox River Mall store by mid-July.   No reason given.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks shutting down its agriculture extension offices in Anchorage and Sitka by October.  It’s blamed on millions of dollars in state funding cuts, caused by crashing revenues from the oil industry.

Arizona: Kingman Army Air Field Museum shutdown due to a dilapidated building that was built in 1942, and they can’t afford to fix.  All museum owned assets are being put up for auction, surprisingly the auctioneer said the stuff was worth only $11-thousand USD!

Arkansas: In Little Rock, after 31 years Silvek’s European Bakery shutting down by the end of the month, apparently to take care of family issues (the owners said they hope their son can restart the bakery).

Illinois: Oak Brook based TreeHouse Foods took over ConAgra-Ralcorp and announced it will shutdown ConAgra factories in California and in Wisconsin, at least 720 jobs gone supposedly for lack of demand for snack foods!

Kansas: After 19 years Lexena based ‘home party’ jewelry seller Silpada shutting down in July.   Between 2-hundred and  5-hundred in-house jobs lost and 10-thousand independent reps affected! It’s blamed on crashing sales. Don’t blame the internet because they also sell on ebay.

Maryland: After 73 years Mars Super Markets sold-off five grocery stores to rival Weis Markets and will shutdown its remaining eight grocery stores, more than 4-hundred jobs lost: “As you all know, the company has been struggling with declining sales for several years. We have tried cutting costs everywhere we can while preserving jobs and benefits, but it has not been enough.”-Chris D’Anna, ceo

Massachusetts: In Boston Weak, after 47 years Winmil Fabrics shutting down, the owners said they were tired of going for decades without a vacation.  Hannaford Supermarkets shutting down their Hudson grocery store because they can’t afford to renew the lease.  94 jobs gone by mid-August.  Too Big to Jail Bank of America shutting down their Westfield office by the end of August.

Missouri: In Saint Louis, after less than a year Lilly’s Music & Social House shutting down, the owner saying “Unfortunately, the doors are closing much earlier on this dream than we had hoped. The bar and restaurant industry is undisputedly challenging….   ….Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, things just don’t work out.”  Retailer Target shutting down their 10 years old Jennings store by mid-August.  The location was takeover by a new landlord last year, and used as a police command center during last year’s Ferguson riots.

Ohio: In Cleveland, the Hard Rock Cafe shutting down in July, the movie celebrity created restaurant chain is consolidating restaurants due to the bad economy.

Oklahoma: After 18 years Christian owned Owasso Fitness Center shutting down.  Local news reports say “the most Christian” owner is switching to private fitness lessons only.   In Lawton, after 53 years the  J. Roy Dunning Children’s Shelter shutting down due to being $122-thousand USD in the hole.

Tennessee: Utah based ‘christian’ owned Capstone Nutrition shutting down their Spring Hill factory-warehouse, 125 jobs gone by mid-June!  It’s blamed on legal problems with client MusclePharm, which supposedly hasn’t paid for $22-million USD worth of Capstone products!

Washington: What construction industry recovery? Olympic Panel Products issued a shutdown WARN for their Shelton factory, 217 jobs gone starting in mid-July!  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; Redmond based Microsoft laying off 1-thousand 850 cell phone employees worldwide, in direct connection to Microsoft’s takeover of Nokia. (Nokia itself took over Alcatel Lucent and announced that 15-thousand people globally will become unemployed as a result!)

And Seattle based Amazon ended its Price Matching Refunds on everything by TVs.  Amazon administrators swear they didn’t change their policy, but customers are venting on Reddit: “What pisses me off the most is amazon is pretending like they never did this and if it happened before it was a ‘one time exception.’ I have price adjusted at least 50 times in the last 3 years, so that’s bulls**t if it was just an ‘exception’ this was the policy that amazon had.”

TechCrunch posted conflicting emails it got from Amazon: “If the item is shipped and sold by Amazon we have a 7 days price match from the time of delivery.”-28 April 2016

“With the exception of TVs, Amazon.com doesn’t offer post-purchase adjustments.”-02 May 2016

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Former White House Counsel (and current attorney at law) Boyden Gray accuses the Obama regime of willfully subsidizing specific ObamaCare insurance companies with your tax dollars!  The accusation is titled Allocation Of Funds Collected Under The Affordable Care Act’s Transitional Reinsurance Program Between Treasury And Reinsurance-Eligible Issuers.  Gray basically says the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is violating ObamaCare rules which say general fund money cannot be used to pay “reinsurance-eligible issuers”.  The HHS has been diverting money that’s supposed to go to the Department of the Treasury to ‘reinsurance’ companies: “….by the time the books close on TRP for the 2014 and 2015 benefit years at the end of 2016, reinsurance-eligible issuers will likely have received 98% of expected payments ($15.6 billion out of an expected $16 billion), whereas Treasury will likely have received only 12% of expected payments ($495 million out of an expected $4 billion).”

Colorado: In Longmont, after 42 years Miller Music shutting down due to crashing sales since 2008.  In Colorado Springs, after three years Curbside Cuisine shutting down multiple lots owned by god’s Young Men’s Christian Association and being rented to independent food trucks.  YMCA administrators said Curbside Cuisine wasn’t making enough money off renting out the YMCA property so they’re being handed back to the YMCA.  One food truck operator said he got three weeks notice of shutdown: “I don’t know where to move. We have been here all winter and didn’t make any money and now the weather is starting to get better and we have to move. It is not fair.”-Hayder Hassan, former U.S. Army translator now food truck operator

Connecticut: Stamford based Phoenix Brands (maker of cleaning products like Ajax and Fab) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and auctioning-off its name-brands.  Company administrators say there is no economic recovery, proven by their three years in a row of crashing sales!  The company even tried outsourcing most of its production work and selling-off several brands, like popular Rit!

Illinois:  Discount retailer Tuesday Morning shutting down its Fairview Heights location.  Thrift store Marklund Resale shutting down their Wood Dale location, saying sales aren’t good enough to support their mission to help disabled people.  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; Chicago based internet loan company Avant laid off 60 people.  CEO  Al Goldstein admitted the economy sucks: “Our biggest competitor [California based Lending Club] just fell down, and the whole space is at an inflection point.”

Iowa: After 95 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) AIB College of Business shutting down. Because of the bad economy it’s merging with the University of Iowa.  The president of the private college swears their merger with a taxpayer funded university isn’t about the bad economy, yeah right!

Kentucky: In Louisville, Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen shutting down their Frankfort Avenue restaurant, apparently they’ve been asked to relocate to Dixie Highway.

Maine: In Bangor, god powerless to stop ‘his’ addiction treatment Manna shutting down its last two treatment centers.  The “faith based” non-profit owes taxpayers at least $1-million USD!  Government administrators say the christian run addiction treatment center failed to report overpayments from taxpayers, but god’s Manna administrators say “Due to decreasing state funding and declining financial support as a result of recent negative media coverage, it is with great sorrow that we find we must close our faith-based drug and alcohol programs, Elijah’s House and Derek House, on June 15, 2016.” 

Massachusetts: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; Boston Weak tech start up Localytics admitted that its recent round of layoffs was an effort to maximize profits in a crashing economy.

Minnesota: In Moorhead, The Red River Valley Academy shutting down so the owner can deal with “changes in our family”. 

New Hampshire: In Lebanon, after 16 years Nouveaute Boutique suddenly shutdown due to the landlord jacking up the rent.

Oregon: The state Department of Environmental Equality and the Oregon Health Authority essentially shutdown Bullseye Glass, 150 jobs threatened: “The set of restrictions that the DEQ is putting on us are unnecessary. They’re causing us to have to lay employees off. This order came nearly 12 hours after DEQ learned of a reported one-time spike in lead levels May 9 in the air near Bullseye Glass.”-company statement

Pennsylvania: In Johnstown, after three years R.J.’s Café and Lounge shutdown, apparently without warning.  Local news media say the owners called it “a business decision”.  In West Hills-Pittsburgh, bowling alley Westmont Lanes shuts down tomorrow, the owner lamented “We used to be double-shifted every day. Now I’m not completely full any time.” 

South Dakota: The only licensed ‘extended hours’ daycare in Pierre shutting down.  The owners of Little Explorers blame it on high employee turnover.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”