Kansas Layoffs — August 2005

Employers in Kansas logged 10 WARN Act notices in August 2005, involving roughly 390 workers — climbing above July and up 31% versus August 2004. The average filing covered 39 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 390 workers were affected across 10 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Cowley	1	185
Johnson	1	149
Sedgwick	3	56

Cowley was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 47% of all affected workers with 185 workers across 1 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Winfield	1	185
Mission	1	149
Wichita	3	56

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	5	0

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Rubbermaid Home Products	Winfield	185		2005-08-03
Dillard's Inc	Mission	149		2005-08-25
Raytheon Aircraft Company	Wichita	30		2005-08-29
Community Solutions Inc	Wichita	22		2005-08-03
The Boeing Company	Wichita	4		2005-08-19
Community Solutions Inc		N/A	Layoff	2005-08-03
Rubbermaid Home Products		N/A	Layoff	2005-08-03
The Boeing Company		N/A	Layoff	2005-08-19
Dillard's Inc		N/A	Layoff	2005-08-25
Raytheon Aircraft Company		N/A	Layoff	2005-08-29

The biggest impact was at Rubbermaid Home Products at its Winfield facility, reporting 185 affected workers. Dillard's Inc followed with 149 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.

This data points to mounting pressure on the Kansas labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.

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.