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First Brands Group LLC. laid-off workers: jobs, benefits and retraining

about 27,000 professional jobs are open in Illinois. Put in your email and we send a plan built for a layoff: benefits and deadlines first, then jobs matched to your background.

Benefits and deadlines first, then jobs that fit. One plan, and nothing else unless you ask.

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What should I do first if I was affected?

  1. File for Texas unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  2. File for Tennessee unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  3. File for Kansas unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  4. File for Indiana unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  5. File for Michigan unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  6. File for South Carolina unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  7. File for Illinois unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  8. Compare COBRA and marketplace health coverage before your coverage ends.
  9. Use the first 72 hours on the steps that matter most.
  10. Line up bridge income while you search.

What help is there for benefits and retraining?

The public workforce boards for each affected site. Their American Job Centers offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Not laid off? Pick what sounds like you

For anyone planning their next move at First Brands Group LLC. or anywhere else. No résumé needed; we send a first-week plan.

Question 1

Where are you right now?

Why we ask: a laid-off week and a thinking-about-a-move week look nothing alike. No résumé, no account.

Questions

Did First Brands Group LLC. file layoff notices?
Yes. First Brands Group LLC. has filed 12 WARN notices with labor departments in Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Illinois, naming 2,472 workers. The most recent was filed Mar 4, 2026.
How do I file for unemployment after a layoff at First Brands Group LLC.?
File with the state where you worked, not where you live now. For Illinois, see the unemployment benefits page for the weekly amount, the number of weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
Are there jobs open for former First Brands Group LLC. employees?
about 27,000 professional jobs are open in Illinois today. NextChapter lists them from employers' own career sites and checks that they are still open.
What help is there for retraining?
The local American Job Center for each affected site offers free job search help and often pays for training. NextChapter also lists funding programs and graded AI courses.

What did First Brands Group LLC. file?

A WARN notice gives the number of workers and the dates the employer reported. It does not say why. Notices are published by each state.

WARN notices filed by First Brands Group LLC., newest first
Notice dateEmployerStateCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
First Brands Group, LLC(Billy Mitchell)Takes effect Apr 30, 2026TexasCameron County345—State record
First Brands Group, LLC. (Titan Dist. Center)Takes effect Apr 30, 2026TexasCameron County183—State record
First Brands Group LLC.Takes effect Apr 30, 2026TexasCameron County43—State record
First Brands Group, LLCTakes effect Apr 30, 2026TennesseeLincoln County333—State record
First Brands Group, LLC (Horizon Global)KansasEdgerton——State record
First Brands Group, LLCTakes effect Apr 30, 2026IndianaJasper345—State record
First Brands Group, LLCMichiganOakland County41Permanent layoffState record
First Brands Group, LLC (Hopkins)KansasEdgerton——State record
First Brands Group, LLC (AVM)Takes effect Feb 23, 2026South CarolinaMarion County64—State record
First Brands Group, LLCTakes effect Jan 26, 2026TexasTarrant County87—State record
First Brands Group, LLC (Midwest Distribution Center)IllinoisMcHenry389ClosureState record
First Brands Group (Champion Laboratories, Inc.-multiple sites)IllinoisAlbion642ClosureState record

Full notice record and news mentions for First Brands Group LLC.

Notices are as filed with state labor departments and refreshed daily; the newest is dated Mar 4, 2026. Job counts are rounded. NextChapter is independent of First Brands Group LLC.. See the layoff tracker for how notices are collected.