EAST HANOVER — Novartis has filed a series of Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices in 2026 affecting its East Hanover operations, with a combined total of 572 employees impacted across four separate filings.
According to state WARN notice records, the filings include:
- A notice posted in March, with an effective period from June 26 to November 27, affecting 114 employees.
- A notice posted in April, with an effective period from July 24 to November 20, affecting 60 employees.
- A notice posted in May under Novartis Group, with an effective date of August 21, affecting 76 employees.
- A notice posted in July under Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, with an effective date of October 2, affecting 322 employees.
The federal WARN Act generally requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide 60 days’ advance notice of plant closings and mass layoffs. New Jersey’s state WARN Act imposes additional requirements, including mandatory severance pay in certain circumstances.
The reasons behind the layoffs and whether the positions affected are being relocated, eliminated, or restructured were not detailed in the notices.
