Employers in Kansas filed 8 WARN Act notices in May 2008, impacting roughly 411 workers — representing a pullback from April and up 384% versus May 2007. The average filing covered 51 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 411 workers were affected across 8 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson | 2 | 222 |
| Montgomery | 1 | 100 |
| Sedgwick | 1 | 89 |
Johnson saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 54% of all affected workers with 222 workers across 2 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Overland Park | 2 | 222 |
| Independence | 1 | 100 |
| Wichita | 1 | 89 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 4 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza Hut | Overland Park | 178 | 2008-05-01 | |
| Heartland Cement Company | Independence | 100 | 2008-05-28 | |
| Air Midwest | Wichita | 89 | 2008-05-19 | |
| Brooke Capital Corporation | Overland Park | 44 | 2008-05-05 | |
| Pizza Hut | N/A | Layoff | 2008-05-01 | |
| Brooke Capital Corporation | N/A | Layoff | 2008-05-05 | |
| Air Midwest | N/A | Layoff | 2008-05-19 | |
| Heartland Cement Company | N/A | Layoff | 2008-05-28 |
The single largest action involved Pizza Hut at its Overland Park facility, reporting 178 affected workers. Heartland Cement Company followed with 100 workers.
The data underscores a mixed picture for Kansas's labor market, with activity diverging between monthly and annual comparisons.
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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