Methodology

Tracking layoffs in Australia and around the world.

Coverage: the home page lists the last 6 months of entries, newest first. "Show older" goes back 12 months. Older entries keep their own pages. Reported entries move to the archive 90 days after the last report.

What we include

• Australian employers (listed or not, including the public sector): a cut of 15 or more roles stated by a source, or a round of cuts a named source reports without a number.
• Global companies with an Australian presence: a cut of 1,000 or more roles worldwide, or 5% or more of staff. Use the Australia / Global switch on the home page to choose.
• Australian-headquartered employers cutting roles overseas qualify under the Australian rule (15 or more roles) and appear in the Australia view. The card only says the roles are Australian when a source says so.
• Reported: cuts a named source has reported that the organisation hasn't announced.

Official, Unofficial and Reported

Official entries come from the organisation's own announcement or filing, a regulator, a government body or a union. Unofficial means a named, linked media report the organisation hasn't confirmed. Reported means a named source has reported cuts the organisation hasn't announced, with no number or with a figure the organisation hasn't given; these aren't counted in totals or charts and are never placed above an Official entry.

Reported entries: if the organisation denies the report or the outlet retracts it, we take the entry down and record it in the corrections log. If nothing new is reported for 90 days, the entry moves to the archive marked "No further reports".

One entry, many reports

• Each entry is one round of cuts. Every report about it is listed on the entry's page, newest first, with the figure that source gave.
• The headline uses the strongest source: an Official report first, then the newest. We never add reports together.
• When Unofficial reports give different numbers, we show the range (for example "about 200 to 240 roles") and note "numbers vary".

How we rank

Major layoffs shows 8 entries ranked by size (the lowest reported number of roles, on a log scale), how well known the company is (on the S&P/ASX 200 or the Interbrand Best Global Brands list), how recent it is (the weight halves about every 3 days from the newest report) and the source (Official 1.0, Unofficial 0.7), with no extra weight for Australian entries and at least one entry from the last 48 hours when there is one. Only Official and Unofficial entries appear: Reported entries, figures that are only under consideration and archived entries never do. More on how we rank major layoffs.

Share of staff

• We show "about N% of staff" when a source states it, credited to that source.
• We calculate it only when the roles and the headcount cover the same place (Australian over Australian, worldwide over worldwide) and the headcount is no more than 18 months older than the report. Calculated figures say "(our calculation)" and show the working.
• Under 1% shows as "under 1%". A range gives a range, and "up to" carries through.

Monthly totals

Roles announced this month, counting the lowest reported figure. Includes Official and Unofficial entries; excludes Reported entries and multi-year plans. We show the Australian and global totals separately and list what we left out, such as "up to" figures with no minimum and figures given only as a percentage. It counts redundancies but leaves out roles moving to another employer, such as staff transferring to an outsourcing provider.

How we check

• Reports are never published raw. A person checks every report.
• Every entry needs an Official source or a named media report. There is no other route onto the site.
• For listed companies we cite the company's own release, investor page or filing, not exchange pages.
• A global company's entry is Official only when the company's own statement or filing (such as an SEC 8-K or a WARN notice) is the source.
• We hold reports about cuts at ASX-listed companies that haven't been announced, and publish nothing until the company announces it or a media outlet reports it.
• Each entry shows the source date, a link and a short summary in our own words. We don't copy articles or show logos.

Australian and global figures

• Australian totals count Australian roles only, never global figures.
• For global cuts, we say whether a source says Australian roles are affected. We never infer it.

Cited reasons

AI and offshoring are flagged only when a source says so. Each flag names who cited it, for example "AI cited by Barclays" or "AI cited by the AFR".

We never name individuals

We never name or identify any person, including job titles that point to one person or teams small enough to identify people.

Corrections

Report and correction forms open soon. Until then, we check every entry against its sources and fix any errors we find.

Who runs this site

This site is run by its publisher. It is independent and not affiliated with any other layoffs tracker.

Data and sources

Australia has no public register of redundancy notices. Employers planning 15 or more redundancies must tell Services Australia (Fair Work Act s530), but those notices aren't published.

We rely on announcements, filings, regulators, government bodies, unions and named media reports. Download everything as CSV or JSON. See Sources and credits for the lists and datasets we use.