S&S Activewear laid-off workers: jobs, benefits and retraining
S&S Activewear filed 4 WARN layoff notices in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, most recently on Jan 28, 2026, naming 583 workers. If you work or worked at S&S Activewear, about 27,000 professional jobs are open in Illinois today, including about 1 at S&S Activewear. File for unemployment in the state where you worked, check your health coverage options, and start looking now.
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For current and former S&S Activewear employees, and anyone planning their next move. Pick what sounds like you and 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.
What did S&S Activewear 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.
| Notice date | Employer | State | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&S Activewear | Georgia | — | 114 | — | State record | |
| S&S ActivewearTakes effect Dec 4, 2025 | Texas | Dallas County | 146 | — | State record | |
| S&S Activewear | Illinois | Bolingbrook | 195 | Closure | State record | |
| Effective | S&S Activewear | Pennsylvania | York | 128 | Closure | State record |
What should I do first if I was affected?
- File for Georgia unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
- File for Texas unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
- File for Illinois unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
- File for Pennsylvania unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
- Compare COBRA and marketplace health coverage before your coverage ends.
- Use the first 72 hours on the steps that matter most.
- Line up bridge income while you search.
Where are the jobs?
about 27,000 professional jobs are open in Illinois, and about 1 at S&S Activewear. Taken from employers' own career sites and checked to still be open.
Open professional jobs at S&S Activewear
- Sr Human Resources Manager · S&S Activewear · Reading, PA
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.
Workforce Investment Board of Will County
For notices in Bolingbrook
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas
For notices in Dallas County
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
Questions
- Did S&S Activewear file layoff notices?
- Yes. S&S Activewear has filed 4 WARN notices with labor departments in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, naming 583 workers. The most recent was filed Jan 28, 2026.
- How do I file for unemployment after a layoff at S&S Activewear?
- 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 S&S Activewear employees?
- about 27,000 professional jobs are open in Illinois today, and about 1 at S&S Activewear itself. 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.
Notices are as filed with state labor departments and refreshed daily; the newest is dated Jan 28, 2026. Job counts are rounded. NextChapter is independent of S&S Activewear. See the layoff tracker for how notices are collected.