Employers in Kansas posted 2 WARN Act notices in April 2008, affecting an estimated 500 workers and up 317% versus April 2007. The average filing covered 250 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 500 workers were affected across 2 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson | 1 | 500 |
Johnson felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 100% of all affected workers with 500 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Overland Park | 1 | 500 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 1 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint | Overland Park | 500 | 2008-04-04 | |
| Sprint | N/A | Layoff | 2008-04-04 |
The largest notice was filed by Sprint at its Overland Park facility, reporting 500 affected workers. Sprint followed with 0 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The trends suggest 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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