Johnson & Johnson Layoff — August 2026
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGNew Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentView the filing ↗
What we know
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the NJ state workforce agency.
Summary
Johnson & Johnson laid off 87 workers at its New Brunswick, New Jersey, operation in December 2026. The article reports this specific reduction as part of workforce cuts at the company's New Brunswick site. No specific department within the facility was identified, and the piece frames the move as a December personnel reduction without citing a detailed restructuring plan or future rounds tied to this announcement. The company’s broader rationale and additional operational impacts were not specified beyond the reported headcount and location.
Johnson & Johnson disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the NJ state workforce agency. The notice covers 86 employees in New Brunswick, NJ, with the layoff effective August 21, 2026.
That is roughly 0.1% of the 131,900 people Johnson & Johnson employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 7 layoff events at Johnson & Johnson since April 2023, including 175 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 4 additional events known from news reporting.
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