April Layoffs In Minnesota: 5 Companies Slashing Jobs

MINNESOTA — Five companies filed WARN Act notices in April, revealing plans to cut a combined 329 jobs across Minnesota. The layoffs, impacting industries from sanitation to medical manufacturing, were disclosed to the state as required under federal law.

Here's a look at the layoffs announced:

• Accelerate360 Distribution, LLC (Remote layoffs): Accelerate360 plans to close its Dakota Merchandising Remote Work Unit, resulting in 324 layoffs overall, including 45 Minnesota-based employees. The affected positions include merchandisers, lead merchandisers, directors of merchandising, and merchandising supervisors. The closure is scheduled for June 28, 2025.
• Fortrex (Austin, MN): The sanitation contractor Fortrex will cease operations at the Quality Pork Processors plant in Austin, Minnesota, leading to 72 layoffs. Impacted employees include sanitation team members, all of whom were offered transfers to other Fortrex facilities. The shutdown will take effect May 3, 2025.
• IV Media, LLC (Eden Prairie, MN): At its Eden Prairie facility, IV Media will permanently lay off an additional 72 employees, bringing its total cuts at the location to 200 since December 2024. Positions affected span a variety of departments across the company's operations. The latest wave of layoffs will begin June 16, 2025, with the facility expected to close.
• NAMSA (St. Paul, MN): NAMSA will cut 39 jobs in Phase One of a mass layoff at its St. Paul facility. Impacted roles include laboratory and support staff involved in medical research services. NAMSA plans to eventually eliminate more than 50 positions as operations shift to another Minneapolis site.
• Teleflex Medical Incorporated (Maple Grove, MN): Teleflex is shutting down its facility in Maple Grove, impacting 101 employees. Affected positions include workers in laboratory and manufacturing operations. Most layoffs will occur around July 1, 2025, although the Gelflow product line will continue temporarily. A complete facility closure is planned for March 2026.

Each employer stated that affected workers were notified in advance and that no bumping rights apply. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) received the WARN notices as required under federal and state law.

The job cuts, disclosed in recent Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notices, stem from a mix of facility closures, contract terminations, and corporate consolidations, with the first wave beginning as early as April.

The WARN Act of 1988 requires employers in Minnesota and across the U.S. with 100 or more full-time workers to provide at least 60 days’ notice before mass layoffs or permanent closures affecting 50 or more employees at a single site.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the WARN Act "helps ensure advance notice in cases of qualified plant closings and mass layoffs."