Today’s Layoffs tracks publicly announced workforce reductions affecting employees in the United States and Europe. The goal is a useful, source-transparent record—not an estimate of every job lost.
What we include
We include layoffs, redundancies, plant or office closures, and formally announced workforce reductions when a reliable public source identifies a real loss of jobs. Coverage includes the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, EEA countries, and Switzerland. A global action is included when reporting makes clear that employees in at least one covered region are affected.
We exclude hiring freezes, attrition targets with no announced job losses, forecasts, rumors, role changes without job loss, and social-media claims that cannot be independently verified.
Dates and sources
The event date is the date the reduction was publicly announced, not necessarily the employee’s final working day. We prefer company statements, investor materials, regulatory filings, labor notices, union statements, and direct executive communications. When those are unavailable, we use Reuters, the Associated Press, major national publications, and reputable local or specialist reporting. Every record links to its principal source.
How counts are handled
Published figures are preserved as reported. Exact figures are stored as integers; wording such as “about 500” is marked as estimated; percentages and ranges remain percentages and ranges. We do not infer a headcount from a percentage unless the source provides both figures, and an undisclosed count is never treated as zero. Headline totals add only records with a usable published job count and identify that limitation.
Duplicates, revisions, and scope
One announcement is one event. Follow-up reporting that clarifies the same action updates the existing record. Separate rounds by the same employer remain separate events. We avoid adding a global total and its regional components when that would double-count the same jobs. Company aliases, source fingerprints, dates, and nearby-event checks support manual review.
AI-generated layoff briefs
Each short layoff brief is generated from the linked reporting and reviewed for factual consistency before publication. Briefs summarize what was announced, who or which operations were affected, the stated reason, geographic scope, and relevant timing. They do not add forecasts, speculation, or unsupported motives. The original source remains the authority.
Corrections and limitations
Public reporting is incomplete and can change. Smaller reductions may never receive public coverage, disclosure rules differ by country, and announced plans may be revised. This tracker should therefore be read as a verified minimum, not a complete measure of labor-market displacement. To flag a correction or stronger source, email corrections@todayslayoffs.com with the company, announcement date, and supporting link.