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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Link rowid Company Name Location Location_Processed Notice Date Layoff Date_raw Layoff Date_processed Employees Affected_raw Employees Affected_processed ▼ Notes BLN_notes
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37 Crush Bistro Anchorage Anchorage 4/2/20 4/17/20 4/17/20 24 24 Due to COVID-19  
10 TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp Statewide Statewide 12/10/12 Varied   31 31 Loss of contract Varied converted to a null value
34 Westmark Anchorage Anchorage Anchorage 3/25/20 3/25/20 3/25/20 37 37 COVID-19; temporary  
39 Snow City Café Anchorage Anchorage 4/2/20 4/17/20 4/17/20 37 37 Due to COVID-19  
35 Peak Oilfield Services North Slope, Kenai Peninsula, And Valdez Multiple locations 4/1/20 4/1 thru 5/31/20 4/1/20 50+ 50 Due to COVID-19 eariest date listed for processed.
43 Hard Rock Café International STP Anchorage Anchorage 4/27/20 4/13/20 to 4/27/20 4/13/20 54 54 COVID-19; temporary eariest date listed for processed.
17 Parker Drilling Anchorage/ North Slope Multiple locations 3/21/16 March to May 2016 3/1/16 55 55 Reduction in work earliest date listed; appears to be a range.
16 CH2M North Slope North Slope 3/17/16 3/31/16 3/31/16 58 58 Loss of contract  
44 Baker Hughes North Slope North Slope 4/27/20 4/28/20 to 5/11/20 4/28/20 63 63 COVID-19 eariest date listed for processed.
22 Sears Holdings Anchorage Anchorage 1/4/18 Starting 04/08/2018 4/8/18 67 67 Store closure  
40 Benihana Anchorage Anchorage 4/2/20 4/16/20 4/16/20 68 68 Due to COVID-19  
28 Aleut O&M Services, LLC Clear, AK Clear, AK 7/2/18 8/31/18 8/31/18 74 74 Loss of contract  
12 Doyon Universal Services LLC Anchorage/North Slope Multiple locations 5/10/13 8/15/13 8/15/13 75 75 Loss of contract  
15 Shell Anchorage Anchorage 1/27/16 3/31/16 3/31/16 75 75 End of exploration  
36 Spenard Roadhouse Anchorage Anchorage 4/1/20 4/17/20 4/17/20 77 77 Due to COVID-19  
41 Halliburton Energy Services Prudhoe Bay Prudhoe Bay 4/20/20 4/20/20 4/20/20 80 80    
45 Schlumberger Technology Corp. North Slope North Slope 4/22/20 4/22/20 to June 2020 4/22/20 81 81 COVID-19 eariest date listed for processed.
38 South Restaurant & Coffeehouse Anchorage Anchorage 4/2/20 4/17/20 4/17/20 82 82 Due to COVID-19  
8 Hostess Brands, Inc. Statewide Statewide 5/4/12 11/19/12 11/19/12 90 90 Company closure  
9 Williams Inc. Juneau Juneau 6/30/12 9/2/12 9/2/12 90 90 Store closure  
20 ASRC Energy Services Milne, Endicott, and Northstar on the North Slope Multiple locations 11/28/17 Dec. 18 to Dec. 31, 2017 12/18/17 92 92 Services terminated eariest date listed for processed, unclear if it's a date range
1 Johnson's Tire Service, Inc. Anchorage, Eagle River, Wasilla & Soldotna Multiple locations 2/25/06 4/1/06 4/1/06 100 100 Change in ownership only  
27 BAE Systems Clear, AK Clear, AK 6/25/18 8/31/18 8/31/18 101 101 Loss of contract  
2 First Student MatSu MatSu 4/10/06 6/30/06 6/30/06 102 102 Loss of contract  
7 United Parcel Services Anchorage Anchorage 3/15/10 various   109 109 Restructuring Various converted to a null value
21 Kodiak Support Services, JV Kodiak Kodiak 11/30/17 12/31/17 12/31/17 125 125 Loss of contract  
6 NovaGold Nome Nome 11/26/08 11/28/08 11/28/08 130 130 Lack of financing  
13 ASRC Energy Services Statewide Statewide 11/10/15 Nov to Dec 2015 11/1/15 134 134 End of exploration eariest date listed for processed, unclear if it's a date range
5 Agrium U.S. Inc. Kenai Nitrogen Operations >Kenai Kenai 9/26/07     140 140 Lack of natural gas  
19 Norcon North Slope North Slope 5/12/17 Varied   147 147 Loss of contract Varied converted to a null value
18 First Student Soldotna, Homer & Seward Multiple locations 4/19/17 6/30/17 6/30/17 149 149 Loss of contract  
3 Chugach Alutiiq Joint Venture Fort Greely Fort Greely 5/30/06 6/1/06 6/1/06 151 151 Loss of contract  
30 AECOM Eielson AFB Eielson AFB 12/6/19 1/4/20 1/4/20 160 160 End of contract  
24 Sam’s Club Anchorage on Muldoon Road Anchorage 1/11/18 Starting03/16/2018 3/16/18 167 167 Store closure  
14 Walmart Juneau Juneau 1/15/16 4/15/16 4/15/16 168 168 Store closure  
4 Arctec Services Clear Clear 6/20/06 9/30/06 9/30/06 171 171 Loss of contract  
29 Nordstrom Anchorage Anchorage Anchorage 6/26/19 9/13/19 9/13/19 173 173 Store closure  
23 Sam’s Club Fairbanks Fairbanks 1/11/18 Starting03/16/2018 3/16/18 177 177 Store closure  
25 Sam’s Club Anchorage on Old Seward Hwy Anchorage 1/11/18 Starting03/16/2018 3/16/18 181 181 Store closure  
26 Mistras Group, Inc. and subsidiary Quality Services Laboratories Inc. Prudhoe Bay/ Anchorage Multiple locations 1/23/18 3/31/18 3/31/18 261 261 Loss of contract  
32 British Petroleum Anchorage Anchorage 12/19/19 2/20/20 2/20/20 287 287 Sale of business  
31 British Petroleum North Slope North Slope 12/19/19 2/20/20 2/20/20 345 345 Sale of business  
11 CH2M Hill North Slope North Slope 12/20/12 Varied   380 380 Loss of contracts Varied converted to a null value
33 Alyeska Resort Girdwood Girdwood 3/18/20 3/19/20 3/19/20 616 616 COVID-19  

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CREATE TABLE [alaska_warn_processed] (
   [Company Name] TEXT,
   [Location] TEXT,
   [Location_Processed] TEXT,
   [Notice Date] TEXT,
   [Layoff Date_raw] TEXT,
   [Layoff Date_processed] TEXT,
   [Employees Affected_raw] TEXT,
   [Employees Affected_processed] INTEGER,
   [Notes] TEXT,
   [BLN_notes] TEXT
);