TeamPredict Daily · Thursday, August 13, 2026
US unemployment claims rise but remain at healthy level
US unemployment claims increased this week but stayed at levels that signal a healthy labor market. Oracle is preparing another round of layoffs before its next fiscal quarter begins.
TeamPredict Layoff Watch
Computed from primary sources, not from customer data
5,426
jobs on official WARN notice, last 30 days
Across 119 filings. A WARN notice is the advance warning an employer must file with a state labor department before a mass layoff, generally 60 days ahead.
0
jobs announced today, corroborated
Counted only where two independent newsrooms printed the same figure. No announcement today carried a figure two newsrooms agreed on.
Largest filings in the window
- VisaSan Mateo County, CA320
- Monterey Mushrooms, LLCSanta Clara County, CA253
- EchoStar Corporation (Germantown EXP facility)Montgomery County, MD240
- Bumble Bee Foods, LLCLos Angeles County, CA197
- SodexoOrange County, CA164
- ServiceNow, Inc.Santa Clara County, CA154
Counted across California, Washington and Maryland, the states whose labor departments publish machine-readable filings.
Source data: California (through 2026-08-11), Washington (through 2026-08-12), Maryland (through 2026-08-10).
Not counted, because their published data is more than three weeks behind: Texas (last filing 2026-06-23), Oregon (last filing 2026-05-13). A state that has stopped publishing has not stopped laying people off, so leaving it out beats counting it as a zero.
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Today's stories (2)
US unemployment claims rise but remain at healthy level
US unemployment claims increased this week but stayed at levels that signal a healthy labor market. The data comes from official filings tracked across multiple states. For People leaders, this means the broader hiring environment remains stable even as individual companies adjust headcount.
The Hill · also reported by AP News, Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Mainline Media News, Hartford Courant, Baltimore Sun, thereporteronline.com
Oracle plans more layoffs before next fiscal quarter
Oracle is preparing another round of layoffs ahead of its next fiscal quarter. The company has not disclosed how many roles will be affected. Four newsrooms including HR Executive and The Times of India confirmed the plans. This marks another reduction at the enterprise software company as it reshapes its workforce.
HR Executive · also reported by finance.yahoo.com, The Next Web, The Times of India
Questions people asked today
- How many WARN filings were posted in the last 30 days?
- 119 WARN filings covering 5426 jobs were posted between July 14 and August 13, 2026, across California, Washington, and Maryland.
- What is the largest layoff in the current WARN data?
- Visa filed a WARN notice for 320 jobs in San Mateo County, CA on July 31, 2026.
- How many jobs did Oracle say it will cut?
- Oracle has not disclosed a job count for its planned layoffs before the next fiscal quarter.
Layoffs are the ones you can see coming. Resignations are not.
A WARN notice gives a state 60 days of warning. Nobody files one before they resign. TeamPredict reads the public LinkedIn signals your own team is already giving off and flags who looks likely to leave, so you get the same lead time on the departures that actually hurt.
Assembled automatically at 2026-08-13 21:25 UTC. Every figure on this page is computed in code from the sources linked above and from state labor department filings; the editorial layer is written to those figures and rejected if it introduces any others.