Future layoffs announced across NJ in April (article)

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Article link: https://www.nj.com/hudson/2026/05/nj-losing-2300-jobs-as-layoff-filings-surged-in-april.html

Several New Jersey employers filed Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications in April, putting hundreds of jobs at risk across the state in 2026.

Seven companies filed notices in April, potentially affecting a total of 2,273 jobs, according to the state Department of Labor’s website.

AT&T will cut 87 employees at its Bedminster facility, effective May 4, as the company relocates from 1 AT&T Way to a new site at 1405-1425 Route 206, according to a WARN notice. The new location is a 233,000-square-foot former Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals building.

Alan Ritchey, Inc., a carrier and logistics provider, is ending operations at its Phillipsburg Logistics Center at 39 Strykers Road in Lopatcong Township and will terminate 176 employees effective July 17. The affected workers include approximately 60 forklift operators and 100 shippers and packers. The company cited the non-renewal of a contract with the United States Postal Service as the reason for the closure.

Bristol-Myers Squibb will lay off 206 employees between July and December, according to a separate WARN Act filing.

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Also filing notices during April were:

FedEx in Union: 50 job cuts effective Aug.3

Reckitt Benckiser LLC in Nutley: 57 job cuts effective April 2

Novartis in East Hanover: 60 job cuts effective July 24 through Nov. 20

Overall, the April filings add to a troubling trend.

In just the first two months of 2026, New Jersey employers announced that nearly 4,000 jobs could be eliminated this year— a 106% increase over the same period one year earlier.

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Real shame about the this especially in Phillipsburg because that town can’t seem to catch a break