Aramark Campus, LLC will lay off 174 workers at 5001 Washington Boulevard in Halethorpe, Maryland, on November 1. The Maryland Department of Labor lists the action as a “Mass Layoff – No Recall,” which means the jobs are not expected to come back. November 1 falls on a Sunday.
What “no recall” means on the state list
The notice is dated October 1, 2026, in the state WARN log, giving workers 31 days of warning. The log places the site in Baltimore County and shows the industry code 722310, which the federal classification assigns to food service contractors. The notes column is blank, and the state publishes no reason for the layoff.
The log sorts layoffs by type. A temporary layoff, such as the 803-worker idling at Dreyer’s in Laurel, comes with an end date. A plant closure ends a site. Aramark’s entry carries the “no recall” label, and nothing in it says whether workers could be moved to other Aramark sites.
The listing names the employer as Aramark Campus, LLC, and the “campus” label comes from that name. The state does not say which campus, which client or which dining operation is affected. That detail would explain the layoff, and it is absent from the public entry.
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The shortness of the notice is worth noting. Federal and state advance-notice rules exist so workers can plan, and 31 days is a month for a household to arrange a budget, search for work and file a claim. Other Maryland notices this fall give longer runways: Peraton’s two filings, for 72 and 26 workers, are effective December 14 and January 5.
Filing for Maryland benefits after a permanent layoff
A worker laid off for good has a clearer unemployment claim than one idled temporarily, and Maryland pays between $50 and $430 a week for up to 26 weeks, according to the state claimant page. The state sets each amount after a claim is filed, based on earnings, and it lists severance pay among the factors that can change the calculation.
Claims are filed through the state’s BEACON portal, according to the department’s unemployment overview, and the claim asks for 18 months of employment history. After that comes weekly certification, online or by phone at 410-949-0022 or 1-800-827-4839, and registration with the Maryland Workforce Exchange to log job search activity.
For a food-service worker earning hourly wages, the cap matters. A maximum benefit of $430 is a fraction of a full-time paycheck at most wage levels, and the range starts at $50. The state’s page does not describe the formula, so a worker has to file to learn the number, and the figure may be lower than expected if severance was paid.
Maryland’s Rapid Response team handles dislocations like this one. The state says the services cover any layoff or closure, including ones outside WARN rules, and include reemployment help, training, benefits information and help with unemployment claims. Notices and questions go to the Dislocation Services Unit at 100 S. Charles Street, Tower 1, Suite 2000, in Baltimore, and hearing-impaired callers can use Maryland Relay by dialing 7-1-1.
The first month after November 1
The Aramark layoff lands at the start of a month, when rent or mortgage payments come due. A claim filed on November 2 starts the process, and the department says weekly certification is what triggers payment. Between the last paycheck and the first benefit, a household runs on its own cash.
Other Maryland workers face their own dates. ThriftBooks Global ends a Baltimore County site for 136 workers on October 31, a day before Aramark, and CB Manufacturing, a Pepsi Beverages unit, cuts 143 in Prince George’s County on November 13. Sharps Inc. closes a Baltimore City site for 47 workers on November 30.
December has its own entries. Provider Partners Management Services lists 39 workers in Howard County effective December 7, True Food Kitchen closes its Bethesda restaurant on December 4 with 41 workers, and Cayuga Centers lists 14 in Baltimore City on January 4. United Air Temp, a heating and air-conditioning company, lists 39 remote Maryland workers effective November 10.
Smaller notices round out the log: Atlantic Tractor in Anne Arundel County, with nine workers on November 30, and ColonialWebb Contracting, with 13 on December 1. None of these carries the weight of Aramark’s 174, but together with the larger filings they show Maryland workers in several industries all reaching the same unemployment system in the same stretch.
Taken together, the state log shows several hundred layoffs landing in the Baltimore area within a few weeks, among them 174 at Aramark, 136 at ThriftBooks and 47 at Sharps. Workers from those notices register with the same Maryland Workforce Exchange to log their job search, which the state requires of claimants.
Programs outside unemployment insurance depend on the household’s income at the moment of application. Food help, heating assistance and Medicare-related cost relief are not automatic, and each one starts only when a household applies. The Aramark notice answers when the paycheck stops, not what covers the household afterward.
Who covers a Halethorpe household after November 1?
A Halethorpe worker laid off on November 1 with no recall expects a claim to cover the gap, but a Maryland unemployment payment tops out at $430 a week. The rest of the gap falls on household costs that other programs cover only if the worker applies for them.
This story is about a layoff notice, and The Benefits Checklist is a related job: it covers the household costs a lost paycheck puts at risk. It scans 11 benefit programs retirees most often miss, lists the 2026 income limits and includes a 50-state phone directory plus a printable tracker, so a worker can sort programs by what is due first.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
Warren Cohen is a finance writer based in Phoenix, Arizona, covering personal finance topics including credit, banking, and beginner investing. He earned his degree in business administration from Arizona State University and began his career working in consumer finance, where he gained direct experience with lending and credit systems. He now writes for personal finance websites and fintech platforms, focusing on clear, practical content that helps readers make informed financial decisions.
