Big Local News is collecting and updating WARN (layoff/furlough) notices from state government sites and is processing the data to make it more useable. So far, we are collecting and updating daily or weekly data from 36 states. A federal law -- the WARN Act (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) requires companies with more than 100 employees to give 60 days notice of any layoff, closure or furlough and 17 states have their own similar statutes. This data provides much more granularity into the types of jobs being lost and the companies that are furloughing workers, or that plan to close completely. A key note is that "unforeseen business circumstances" can mean that a company doesn't have to provide 60 days notice. For example, California has lifted that level of notice for its state version, or mini-WARN Act. Nonetheless, even though the advance time limit is flexible, companies still have to submit. Please cite the WARN data as collected by Big Local News. California data can be cited as collected and processed by Stanford journalism student Vanessa Ochavillo. This project includes a general README, a more specific README for California and a more specific file layout README that details the fields by state. Some states are missing but we are working to obtain the data or build scrapers. If you are interested in contributing, please let us know at biglocalnews@stanford.edu.

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10 rows where LWDA = 15

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Link rowid ▼ ID Layoff_Code_processedBLN Company name City ZIP County State Est. Impact LWDA Date UPDATED_BLN
2451     Allens Montezuma 31063 Macon GA 92 15 7/29/13 4/21/20
2475     Allens, Inc. Montezuma 31063 Macon GA 115 15 10/28/13 4/21/20
2563     Dick's Sporting Goods Macon 31206 Macon GA 23 15 9/13/14 4/21/20
2566     Tyson Foods, Inc. Buena Vista 31803 Marion GA 140 15 9/25/14 4/21/20
2572     Cox Digital Exchange, LLC Sandy Springs 30328 Marion GA 143 15 9/30/14 4/21/20
2602     Imerys Oilfield Minerals Andersonville 31711 Schley GA 63 15 2/26/15 4/21/20
2632     QSI Sanitation Buena Vista 31803 Marion GA 35 15 5/29/15 4/21/20
2634     Tyson Farms, Inc. Buena Vista 31803 Marion GA 190 15 5/29/15 4/21/20
3128 GA201900274   M.D. Whitest Medical Institute Cordele 31015 Crisp GA 7 15 3/25/20 4/21/20
3209 GA201900485   Elite Comfort Solutions Americus 31719 Sumter GA 2 15 4/8/20 4/21/20

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CREATE TABLE [georgia_warn_raw] (
   [ID] TEXT,
   [Layoff_Code_processedBLN] TEXT,
   [Company name] TEXT,
   [City] TEXT,
   [ZIP] INTEGER,
   [County] TEXT,
   [State] TEXT,
   [Est. Impact] INTEGER,
   [LWDA] TEXT,
   [Date] TEXT,
   [UPDATED_BLN] TEXT
);