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Is Hard Rock Cafe laying off workers?

Yes. Hard Rock Cafe filed a WARN notice in the last 12 months covering 61 jobs. The most recent was filed Jun 22, 2026 for Sevier County, Tennessee, effective Aug 23, 2026. Across every year on record since 2015: 9 notices covering 807 jobs.

807 roles affected across 9 filings in 6 states.

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◆ NATIONAL FOOTPRINT · 6 states. Each state files its own WARN notice, so small per-state counts are slices of one distributed layoff. Ranked by jobs cut:
New Jersey474South Carolina82Colorado74Tennessee61Illinois61Pennsylvania55
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Filing history

Hard Rock Cafe has filed 9 WARN notices between 2015 and 2026, cutting 807 jobs in total. Up 11% year-on-year: 61 jobs cut in the last 12 months vs 55 the year before.

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Every filing

Sevier County, Tennessee
Filed Jun 22, 2026 (4mo ago) · Effective Aug 23, 2026 · official filing →
61
Layoff
Filed Feb 14, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective Feb 14, 2025 · official filing →
55
Layoff
Chicago, Illinois
Filed Apr 27, 2020 (6y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
61
Layoff
Denver, Colorado
Filed Apr 22, 2020 (6y ago) · Effective Apr 13, 2020 · official filing →
74
Layoff
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Filed Apr 13, 2020 (6y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
82
Layoff
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Effective Mar 30, 2020 · notice date not published by New Jersey · official filing →
200
Layoff
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Effective Nov 1, 2017 · notice date not published by New Jersey · official filing →
96
Layoff
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Effective Oct 5, 2016 · notice date not published by New Jersey · official filing →
105
Layoff
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Effective Apr 22, 2015 · notice date not published by New Jersey · official filing →
73
Layoff

Questions

Is Hard Rock Cafe laying off employees?

Yes. Hard Rock Cafe filed a WARN notice in the last 12 months covering 61 jobs. The most recent was filed Jun 22, 2026 for Sevier County, Tennessee, effective Aug 23, 2026. Across every year on record since 2015: 9 notices covering 807 jobs.

How many jobs is Hard Rock Cafe cutting?

61 jobs in WARN notices filed in the last 12 months. 807 jobs across all 9 official WARN filings on record since 2015, in 6 states.

When do the Hard Rock Cafe layoffs take effect?

The most recent filing lists an effective date of Aug 23, 2026. The WARN Act requires roughly 60 days' advance notice, so the filing date precedes the job losses.

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