Employers in Kansas logged 14 WARN Act notices in April 2003, involving roughly 1,385 workers — climbing above March and up 42% versus April 2002. The average filing covered 99 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
| Industry | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Information & Technology | 6 | 35 |
The Information & Technology sector dominated layoff filings with 35 workers across 6 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick | 2 | 1,243 |
| Johnson | 2 | 58 |
| Wyandotte | 2 | 32 |
Sedgwick felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 90% of all affected workers with 1,243 workers across 2 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita | 2 | 1,243 |
| Olathe | 1 | 55 |
| Ft. Riley | 1 | 52 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 32 |
| Shawnee Mission | 1 | 3 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 7 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessna | Wichita | 1,200 | 2003-04-10 | |
| Terex Cranes | Olathe | 55 | 2003-04-16 | |
| Lear Siegler Services, Inc | Ft. Riley | 52 | 2003-04-03 | |
| Boeing | Wichita | 43 | 2003-04-21 | |
| TeleTech | Kansas City | 28 | 2003-04-09 | |
| Teletech | Kansas City | 4 | 2003-04-15 | |
| Lucent Technologies | Shawnee Mission | 3 | 2003-04-09 | |
| Lear Siegler Services, Inc | N/A | Layoff | 2003-04-03 | |
| Lucent Technologies | N/A | Layoff | 2003-04-09 | |
| TeleTech | N/A | Layoff | 2003-04-09 | |
| Cessna | N/A | Layoff | 2003-04-10 | |
| Teletech | N/A | Layoff | 2003-04-15 | |
| Terex Cranes | N/A | Layoff | 2003-04-16 | |
| Boeing | N/A | Layoff | 2003-04-21 |
The biggest impact was at Cessna at its Wichita facility, reporting 1,200 affected workers. Terex Cranes followed with 55 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
This data points to mounting pressure on the Kansas labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Information & Technology sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Kansas. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100+ employees to provide 60-day advance notice of mass layoffs and plant closings. Data is updated daily by WARN Firehose. View all Kansas WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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