Employers in Kansas reported 6 WARN Act notices in November 2007, displacing an estimated 378 workers — signaling an acceleration from October and up 330% versus November 2006. The average filing covered 63 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 378 workers were affected across 6 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick | 1 | 217 |
| Johnson | 2 | 161 |
Sedgwick bore the heaviest burden, accounting for 57% of all affected workers with 217 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita | 1 | 217 |
| Mission | 1 | 105 |
| Lenexa | 1 | 56 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 3 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSI Corporation | Wichita | 217 | 2007-11-09 | |
| Great American Supplemental Benefits Group | Mission | 105 | 2007-11-30 | |
| SAIC - From Science to Solutions | Lenexa | 56 | 2007-11-13 | |
| LSI Corporation | N/A | Layoff | 2007-11-09 | |
| SAIC - From Science to Solutions | N/A | Layoff | 2007-11-13 | |
| Great American Supplemental Benefits Group | N/A | Layoff | 2007-11-30 |
The most significant filing came from LSI Corporation at its Wichita facility, reporting 217 affected workers. Great American Supplemental Benefits Group followed with 105 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The numbers illustrate 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.
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