Rock Hill region companies confirmed to the state more layoffs last year than they have in any year since the COVID pandemic began in 2020.
Large companies cutting positions typically have to file a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification , or WARN notification, with the state Commerce Department. Those reports don’t cover all job losses in the area, but show the largest ones.
There were five WARN notices in 2024 combining to lay off 475 workers across York, Lancaster and Chester counties. The Rock Hill region had 950 job losses in WARN reports in 2020, not counting companies that listed job cuts “statewide” rather than by specific location…