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Is WestRock laying off workers?

Not according to official filings. There is no WARN layoff notice from WestRock in the last 12 months. The most recent was filed Jul 5, 2024 for 10 jobs in Gwinnett County, Georgia. WARN covers larger layoffs only, so smaller cuts may not appear.

1,688 roles affected across 22 filings in 12 states.

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◆ NATIONAL FOOTPRINT · 12 states. Each state files its own WARN notice, so small per-state counts are slices of one distributed layoff. Ranked by jobs cut:
Washington495Illinois411South Carolina144Iowa130Maryland105Indiana101Louisiana83California77Pennsylvania70Colorado61Georgia10Florida1

Filing history

WestRock has filed 22 WARN notices between 2015 and 2024, cutting 1,688 jobs in total. No new filings in the last 12 months. The most recent was Jul 5, 2024.

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Every filing

Gwinnett County, Georgia
Filed Jul 5, 2024 (2y ago) · Effective Aug 30, 2024 · official filing →
10
Layoff
Jacksonville, Florida
Filed Jul 2, 2024 (2y ago) · Effective Aug 30, 2024 · official filing →
1
Layoff
REMOTE · SLIVER
Corona, California
Filed Jun 19, 2024 (2y ago) · Effective Aug 18, 2024 · official filing →
77
Closure
Seattle, Washington
Filed Jan 19, 2024 (2y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
87
Layoff
Filed Oct 31, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Oct 31, 2023 · official filing →
70
Layoff
Chicago, Illinois
Filed Sep 28, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
73
Layoff
Tacoma, Washington
Filed Sep 13, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
408
Layoff
Columbus, Indiana
Filed Aug 15, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Oct 15, 2023 · official filing →
101
Layoff
Chicago, Illinois
Filed May 3, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
48
Layoff
Curtis Bay, Maryland
Filed Apr 25, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Jul 3, 2023 · official filing →
75
Closure
Curtis Bay, Maryland
Filed Mar 31, 2022 (4y ago) · Effective May 31, 2022 · official filing →
30
Layoff
North Charleston, South Carolina
Filed Aug 16, 2020 (6y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
21
Layoff
North Charleston, South Carolina
Filed May 8, 2020 (6y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
1
Layoff
REMOTE · SLIVER
North Charleston, South Carolina
Filed Mar 9, 2020 (6y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
23
Layoff
Edwardsville, Illinois
Filed Dec 18, 2019 (6y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
68
Layoff
Monroe, Louisiana
Filed Apr 23, 2019 (7y ago) · Effective Jun 24, 2019 · official filing →
83
Layoff
Arapahoe, Colorado
Filed Mar 25, 2019 (7y ago) · Effective Mar 25, 2019 · official filing →
61
Closure
Sioux City, Iowa
Filed Aug 1, 2017 (9y ago) · Effective Sep 29, 2017 · official filing →
80
Closure
Filed Nov 1, 2016 (10y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
99
Layoff
Chicago, Illinois
Filed May 10, 2016 (10y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
173
Layoff
Chicago, Illinois
Filed Mar 11, 2016 (10y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
49
Layoff
Iowa City, Iowa
Filed Jul 17, 2015 (11y ago) · Effective Sep 30, 2015 · official filing →
50
Closure

Questions

Is WestRock laying off employees?

Not according to official filings. There is no WARN layoff notice from WestRock in the last 12 months. The most recent was filed Jul 5, 2024 for 10 jobs in Gwinnett County, Georgia. WARN covers larger layoffs only, so smaller cuts may not appear.

How many jobs is WestRock cutting?

1,688 jobs across all 22 official WARN filings on record since 2015, in 12 states.

When do the WestRock layoffs take effect?

The most recent filing lists an effective date of Aug 30, 2024. The WARN Act requires roughly 60 days' advance notice, so the filing date precedes the job losses.

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