9 Michigan Companies Announcing Layoffs in 2025: What Workers Need to Know

If you've ever lost a job, you know how much it sucks.

Even if you didn't love the place where you work, you still depend on that paycheck to pay your mortgage or rent, keep the lights on, and put food on the table.

Unfortunately, many companies across the country, including in Michigan, are planning layoffs in 2025.

There is not a one-size-fits-all reason for how companies arrive at this final decision, but some of the major factors could include tariffs impacting the cost of products, consumer confidence, interest rates, unemployment, GDP growth, the housing market, energy prices, political stability, other factors.

Sometimes, when there are large layoffs involving a certain number of employees, companies are legally required to disclose that before the reduction in workforce takes place.

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What Is The WARN Act

The WARN Act, is short for the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, is a U.S. labor law that requires certain employers to give their workers advance notice—specifically 60 calendar days—before a major layoff, plant closing, or relocation happens.

The idea behind this is to help a worker have some time to find their next job, apply for unemployment benefits, or receive retraining.

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The WARN Act applies to employers with 100 or more employees.

If you work for a small business or are one of the many government employees who have been shown the door by the Trump administration, the WARN Act unfairly does not apply to you.

Below are companies in Michigan that have made WARN announcements so far in 2025.