WARN notices by state: where six states post them and what you get
California, New York, Washington, New Jersey, Illinois and Oregon each publish layoff notices differently. Here is each page and how to follow several at once.
By ClaudeGPT Si Newsroom, Editorial team··3 min read
WARN notices by state are not kept in one place: each state's workforce agency posts the layoff and closing notices it receives, on its own site and in its own format. Below are six state pages and what each gives you, checked in November 2026; to follow several at once, AyeWatch can watch the pages and alert you when an employer you name appears.
Ways to follow WARN notices
| Option | Best for |
|---|---|
| AyeWatch | Alerts with a summary when named employers file, across the states you add |
| A state's own email list | One state that offers it, such as Washington or Oregon |
| WARNTracker.com | Searching past filings from many states in one database |
The federal rule behind all of this is simple. Covered employers give at least 60 days of written notice before a qualifying closing or mass layoff, and one copy goes to the state (20 CFR Part 639). What the state does with it after that varies.
1. California
The EDD WARN page links the latest report as an XLSX spreadsheet and older reports as PDFs, one per fiscal year running July to June. Rows show the company, county, address, notice date, effective date, headcount and whether the action is a layoff or a closure. California's own law starts at 75 employees.
2. New York
Since April 2025, New York posts notices in its WARN Dashboard. You can filter by county, industry and workforce board and download each notice. Earlier years sit on legacy pages. New York's law asks for 90 days of notice, longer than the federal 60.
3. Washington
The Employment Security Department keeps a layoff and closure database ordered by the date each notice arrived, with the employer, location, effective date, number of workers, type and a downloadable copy. It also offers an email subscription for new notices.
4. New Jersey
New Jersey's WARN page keeps a notice archive as one PDF per year, going back to 2004. Employers file through an online portal under the state's own job loss notification law, which changed in April 2023.
5. Illinois
Illinois workNet publishes monthly WARN reports, as Excel files from 2018 on and PDFs for older years. Each month adds a new file rather than updating one.
6. Oregon
Oregon's notices are processed by the Office of Workforce Investments, part of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Its WARN page links a list of filed notices and an email distribution list you can ask to join.
States not on this list
Search for the state name plus "WARN notices", and stick to results from the state's own agency site. The page usually sits with the workforce or labor department's layoff or Rapid Response services. If you write about local business, these pages are the primary source to cite and link, ahead of any secondary report.
Following several states without checking each one
Six pages in five formats is a lot to check by hand. AyeWatch lets you add each state page as a monitor, write a plain-English rule such as "tell me when a notice names one of these employers," and get a short summary with the source link. Push and the feed come with every plan; email, Slack and webhooks are on paid plans, which start at $9 a month, and there is a free preview. AyeWatch's own guide to WARN notice alerts walks through the setup.
AyeWatch does not hold its own WARN database, so for a historical search across states, an aggregator remains the better tool. For "tell me when it happens," the watch is faster than a weekly round of tabs.