Rhode Island Layoffs 2026: WARN Numbers Explained

Rhode Island is a small state in the WARN data, but its 2026 record is unusually front-loaded: six notices reporting a combined 10,136 workers, more than any single year in the archive except the pandemic spike of 2020. Here is what the official filings and attributed records actually show — and where the gaps are.

The 2026 picture in one glance

The imported Rhode Island archive holds 127 non-cancelled WARN notices reporting 24,580 workers affected across all years. For 2026 specifically, the record shows 6 notices and 10,136 reported workers.

That 2026 total is dominated by a single attributed record:

• Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo — 9,891 workers, effective July 1, 2026 (notice May 5, 2026). This record carries a Minneapolis, Minnesota address and appears as a Rhode Island record via the secondary WARN feed. It accounts for nearly all of the state's 2026 worker total.
• Allied Group — 154 workers, Cumberland, effective May 25, 2026 (notice March 26, 2026)
• Northeast Transportation Services — 52 workers, Pawtucket, effective May 9, 2026 (notice March 19, 2026)
• EaglePicher — 38 workers, East Greenwich, effective March 15, 2026 (notice January 13, 2026)
• Conduent — 1 worker, effective August 28, 2026 (notice June 26, 2026)
• Hasbro — Pawtucket, effective December 24, 2026 (notice October 8, 2026); the worker count is unavailable in the imported Rhode Island record

Strip out the single 9,891-worker attributed record and Rhode Island's 2026 domestic filings are modest: a handful of small service and manufacturing notices.

The one future filing: Hasbro, Pawtucket

The Hasbro notice is the only filing in the Rhode Island archive with a future effective date: December 24, 2026, from a notice dated October 8, 2026. The imported record lists the affected-worker count as unavailable, which is worth noting — the filing exists, but the headcount did not come through with the imported record. This is the newest official notice in Rhode Island's 365-day history.

Official filings vs. secondary records

During the last 365 days, the archive contains 5 eligible official filings for Rhode Island reporting 245 affected workers, with one worker count unavailable. Across the full archive, 5 non-cancelled direct government records sit alongside 122 attributed secondary records — meaning the vast majority of Rhode Island's 127-notice archive comes from secondary reporting rather than direct state filings.

That split matters for interpretation. Official filings are the strict WARN-record layer; secondary records capture filings reported through other channels. Both are counted in the totals, and 4 notices in the archive have unavailable worker counts.

Historical context

By year, Rhode Island's imported record looks like this:

• 2026: 6 notices, 10,136 reported workers
• 2025: 5 notices, 252 reported workers
• 2024: 17 notices, 3,370 reported workers
• 2023: 7 notices, 1,113 reported workers
• 2022: 3 notices, 276 reported workers
• 2021: 2 notices, 558 reported workers
• 2020: 23 notices, 3,170 reported workers
• 2009: 17 notices, 1,378 reported workers

2024 was the recent peak by notice count (17), while 2026's worker total is inflated by the single large attributed record. Remove that one record and 2026 looks like a quiet year — 245 workers across five official filings.

How to read Rhode Island's numbers

Three caveats apply. First, these figures are reported plans, not confirmed job losses — WARN notices are filed before layoffs take effect, and some are revised or cancelled. Second, four notices in the archive have unavailable worker counts, so the totals are floors, not exact counts. Third, most of the archive is secondary-attributed records, so the data reflects reporting coverage as much as underlying layoff activity.

Nationally, the Layoff Atlas 90-day window currently tracks 737 notices and 67,101 reported workers, with 18 sources healthy, 30 partial, and 3 unavailable (last sync October 17, 2026). Rhode Island is a small slice of that picture — but the Hasbro filing means the state's next chapter lands just before Christmas.

Data source: Layoff Atlas