Laid off from Parker-Hannifin.
Parker-Hannifin's SEC filings counted 599 Diversified Industrial positions cut from July through December 2025 and put a majority of its realignment charges in Europe. Our tracker holds no Parker WARN filing since the start of 2025; recent U.S. events in the reporting we track include a 2023 Texas closing and 2024 cuts in Maine and Illinois.
At a glance
What's known about Parker-Hannifin severance and layoffs
- 0 filings covering 0 jobs · Parker-Hannifin WARN filings since 2025, our tracker
- 599, plus 27 in Aerospace Systems · Diversified Industrial positions cut, July to December 2025
- 1,092, plus 61 Aerospace and 13 corporate · Diversified Industrial positions cut, fiscal 2025
- $71 million · Diversified Industrial realignment charges, fiscal 2026
- Europe, the Middle East and Africa · Where most Parker realignment charges landed, fiscal 2024 to 2026
- About 59,850 · Parker-Hannifin employees, June 30, 2026
- August 13, 2026; agreed price $9.25 billion · Filtration Group acquisition closed
Recent Parker-Hannifin layoffs
Parker-Hannifin booked $71 million of Diversified Industrial realignment charges in fiscal 2026
Parker's fiscal 2026 annual report puts Diversified Industrial realignment charges at $71 million, up from $53 million, places a majority of company charges in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and gives no position count. It also records the August 13, 2026 close of the Filtration Group purchase.
Previous rounds
Parker-Hannifin layoff history
The clearest count of Parker-Hannifin's recent cuts sits in a note to its quarterly filing for the period ending December 31, 2025. It lists 599 Diversified Industrial positions eliminated in six months, 409 of them from October through December, plus 27 in Aerospace Systems, and says a majority of the realignment charges landed in Europe. Being one of 599 in a segment table is a lousy way to be counted. Our WARN tracker holds 0 filings covering 0 jobs since the start of 2025. There's nothing for 2026 either. Both things can be true. As the Labor Department summarizes the federal WARN Act, an employer with 100 or more workers generally owes 60 days' written notice when a plant closing or mass layoff hits 50 or more employees at one site, and some states add their own rules. The filing's segment totals don't say whether 50 or more of those positions sat at any single site.
The filings show cuts in every year they cover. Parker's fiscal 2025 annual report counts Diversified Industrial reductions of 728 positions in fiscal 2023, 1,064 in 2024 and 1,092 in 2025, plus 30, 1 and 61 in Aerospace Systems and 13 corporate in 2025. Parker says the charges included severance for actions under a simplification initiative "aimed at reducing organizational and process complexity," as well as plant closures. The dollars grew in fiscal 2026, with $24 million in the January to March quarter alone against $10 million a year before, and $71 million for the year against $53 million, a majority in Europe, the Middle East and Africa each year from 2024. Those later filings drop the position count. Headcount moved from about 62,730 in mid-2023 to 59,850 in mid-2026, but the November 2024 sale of the composites and fuel containment business that came with Meggitt and the 2025 Curtis Instruments purchase sit inside those years, so the headcount line can't double as a layoff count.
Three recent U.S. sites show up in the reporting we track. In October 2023 Parker's HVAC Division said it would close its Mesquite, Texas plant, letting 76 employees go from December 2 before a January 31, 2024 closing. In April 2024 came Kittery, Maine, where 48 team members would go in phases before a closing scheduled for November 2024, the work moving to Michigan and Ohio. Then Illinois's July 2024 data listed 114 workers in Lincolnshire. The closing statements read like siblings. Mesquite's letter said the closing was "not a reflection on the skill or the effort of our employees," and Kittery's spokesperson said it "in no way reflects the performance of our dedicated team members." Kind words, and neither one pays a mortgage.
Parker has been buying while it trims. It bought Curtis Instruments for about $1.0 billion in September 2025, closed the Filtration Group purchase on August 13, 2026, and in May 2026 agreed to buy CIRCOR Aerospace for about $2.55 billion. Announcing Filtration Group at $9.25 billion, Parker put Filtration Group's workforce at about 7,500 and estimated about $220 million of pre-tax cost synergies by the end of year three, with CEO Jenny Parmentier seeing "clear opportunities to deliver strong cost synergies."
If a Parker cut reaches you, get the specifics on paper. Ask HR for the severance plan document itself and how it counts your service if you arrived through Meggitt, Curtis or Filtration Group. At Kittery, Parker paired severance with a try at jobs elsewhere in the company, so if another site offers you a role, find out in writing whether declining it would cost you severance. Check your own situation against the Labor Department's WARN criteria and any state law that applies. The Kittery notice reached Maine's labor department on April 22, 2024, and the state's Rapid Response team planned to meet workers in May. Our unemployment guides for Ohio, where Parker is based, Illinois and Maine cover each state's rules.
Reporting on previous Parker-Hannifin layoff rounds
Fiscal 2026 (July 2025 to June 2026), company-wide · 599 Diversified Industrial and 27 Aerospace positions through December 2025, then $71 million of Diversified Industrial charges for the year and no later count
Severance sits inside the charges, reported only as company-wide totals.
Fiscal 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), company-wide · 1,092 Diversified Industrial, 61 Aerospace and 13 corporate positions, with about $53 million of segment charges
Severance sits inside the company-wide charges.
July 2024, Lincolnshire, Illinois · 114 workers in Illinois's July 2024 layoff data
Patch's report of the state data gives the count only.
April 2024, Kittery, Maine plant closing · 48 team members, to be laid off in phases before a closing scheduled for November 2024
Severance pay, extended benefits, outplacement support and a try at jobs elsewhere, as reported in April 2024. No amounts reported.
Fiscal 2024 (July 2023 to June 2024), company-wide · 1,064 Diversified Industrial positions and 1 in Aerospace, with about $51 million of segment charges
Severance sits inside the company-wide charges.
October 2023, Mesquite, Texas plant closing · 76 employees at the HVAC Division plant, with layoffs set to begin December 2 before a January 31, 2024 closing
The Dallas Morning News quoted the letter's reasons and reported no terms.
What to do after being laid off from Parker-Hannifin
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Parker-Hannifin's biggest hubs: Ohio, Illinois, Maine. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Parker-Hannifin's hub states run: Ohio, Illinois, Maine, and every other state is here.
- Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.
Parker-Hannifin layoff and severance questions
How many jobs has Parker-Hannifin cut?
The December 2025 quarterly filing lists 599 Diversified Industrial and 27 Aerospace positions for July through December 2025, and the fiscal 2025 annual report lists 1,092 Diversified Industrial, 61 Aerospace and 13 corporate for the year to June 30, 2025. Later filings give only dollars, $71 million of Diversified Industrial charges in fiscal 2026.
Did Parker Hannifin close the Kittery, Maine plant?
Parker told the Portland Press Herald in April 2024 that 48 team members would be laid off in phases by the time the Kittery facility closed, scheduled for November 2024, with production moving to Michigan and Ohio. Maine's labor department got the WARN notice on April 22, 2024.
Does Parker-Hannifin give severance to laid-off employees?
For the 2024 Kittery closing, Parker planned severance pay, extended benefits and outplacement support, the Press Herald reported, with no amounts given. Its filings say realignment charges include severance costs and give only company-wide totals, with about $66 million paid out on those charges in fiscal 2026. One past round doesn't bind the next, so go by the written terms you're handed.
Is Parker-Hannifin cutting jobs after the Filtration Group acquisition?
Parker completed the purchase on August 13, 2026. When it announced the deal in November 2025, it estimated about $220 million of pre-tax cost synergies by the end of year three, without saying what share, if any, would come from headcount. If you joined Parker with Filtration Group, ask HR in writing how your service date carried over.
Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from Parker-Hannifin?
In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. Parker-Hannifin's biggest U.S. hubs are Ohio, Illinois, Maine. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.
Is it OK to file for unemployment after a layoff at Parker-Hannifin?
Yes. Unemployment insurance is funded by payroll taxes employers pay on wages, the claim never appears on credit reports or background checks, and future employers cannot see it. If the hesitation itself is the obstacle, whether filing is OK has its own article.
What happens to my health insurance after a layoff at Parker-Hannifin?
Your plan sets the end date rather than the law, so the separation packet is where that date actually lives, and it is often the last day of the month rather than your last day of work. After coverage ends, COBRA lets you keep the identical plan by paying the whole premium yourself, up to 102 percent of what the plan really costs, which lands as several times the payroll deduction you were used to. You get 60 days to elect, counted from the later of coverage ending or the election notice arriving, and electing reaches the coverage back to the day the old plan stopped so no gap exists. How continuation coverage works walks the timing, and whether to take it rather than a marketplace plan is a separate decision.
Should I sign the severance agreement right away?
First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.
Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from Parker-Hannifin?
Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.