TeamPredict Daily · Friday, August 21, 2026
WSIB cuts 466 jobs across Ontario
WSIB is cutting 466 jobs across Ontario as it closes regional offices. The union warned of the cuts, which drew criticism from Ontario's Liberal leader over impacts to Northern Ontario. Four newsrooms confirmed the cuts.
UL Lawyers (via Google News) · London Free Press (via Google News) · BayToday.ca (via Google News) · INsauga (via Google News)
TeamPredict Layoff Watch
Computed from primary sources, not from customer data
5,102
jobs on official WARN notice, last 30 days
Across 111 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
- EchoStar Corporation (Germantown EXP facility)Montgomery County, MD240
- LeeMAH ElectronicsSan Mateo County, CA205
- 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 2026-08-19), Washington (through 2026-08-18), Maryland (through 2026-08-14).
Not counted, because their published data is more than three weeks behind: Texas (last filing 2026-06-23). A state that has stopped publishing has not stopped laying people off, so leaving it out beats counting it as a zero.
Unreachable when this page was built: Oregon.
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Also today (5)
U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 206,000 last week
U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 206,000 last week. Layoffs remain sparse. Eight newsrooms reported the figure.
PBS NewsHour · The Hill · Butler Eagle (via Google News) · AP News (via Google News) · KVUE (via Google News) · KTVN (via Google News) · KWKT - FOX 44 (via Google News) · Yakima Herald-Republic (via Google News)
BBC Scotland channel could be axed in job cuts
BBC Scotland's TV channel could be axed as the broadcaster plans job cuts. Staff were warned cuts are imminent. Four newsrooms reported staff described as ashen-faced over the savings drive.
The National Scot (via Google News) · The Times (via Google News) · Daily Business (via Google News) · Yahoo News UK (via Google News)
Starbucks lays off 224 at Seattle headquarters
Starbucks laid off 224 employees at its Seattle headquarters. The cuts include workers who declined a move to Nashville. Two newsrooms confirmed the layoffs.
FOX 13 Seattle (via Google News) · KING5.com (via Google News)
Workers take early retirement ahead of Prasa job cuts
Workers are taking early retirement ahead of impending job cuts at Prasa. Two newsrooms reported the departures.
Kearney company cuts more than 60 jobs
A Kearney company announced mass layoffs impacting more than 60 employees. Two newsrooms reported the cuts.
FOX4KC.com (via Google News) · KSHB 41 Kansas City (via Google News)
Questions people asked today
- How many WARN jobs were filed in the past 30 days?
- 111 WARN notices covering 5,102 jobs were filed in the past 30 days across California, Washington, and Maryland.
- What was the largest WARN filing recently?
- Visa filed a WARN notice for 320 jobs in San Mateo County, California on July 31, 2026.
- How many jobs did WSIB cut in Ontario?
- WSIB cut 466 jobs across Ontario as it moves to close regional offices.
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 2026-08-21 12:58 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.