Essendant Notifies PA of Mass Layoff at Phoenixville Facility
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGPennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry· filed August 1, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA (Chester County).
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on August 1, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the PA state workforce agency.
Summary
Strauss Borrelli PLLC reports that Essendant Co notified the Pennsylvania Department of Labor on August 3, 2026 that it would conduct a mass layoff at its Phoenixville, Pennsylvania facility. The firm is investigating whether Essendant failed to provide the 60 days' notice required under the federal WARN Act and states the layoff would affect 150 employees. The notice has triggered a potential WARN Act claim seeking back pay and benefits for affected workers if proper notice was not given. Essendant is described as a Lincolnshire, Illinois–based distribution and fulfillment company operating a nationwide network; the investigation solicits impacted workers to contact the law firm for potential legal remedies.
Essendant disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the PA state workforce agency on August 1, 2026. The notice covers 150 employees in Phoenixville, PA (Chester County), with the layoff effective October 3, 2026.
That is roughly 7.5% of the 2,000 people Essendant employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 27 layoff events at Essendant since September 2025, including 2,013 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 14 additional events known from news reporting.
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