Employers in Kansas logged 4 WARN Act notices in August 2008, involving roughly 711 workers — climbing above July and up 961% versus August 2007. The average filing covered 178 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 711 workers were affected across 4 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford | 1 | 600 |
| Neosho | 1 | 111 |
Crawford was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 84% of all affected workers with 600 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg | 1 | 600 |
| Chanute | 1 | 111 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 2 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Industries International, Inc | Pittsburg | 600 | 2008-08-19 | |
| Nu Wa Industries Inc | Chanute | 111 | 2008-08-21 | |
| Superior Industries International, Inc | N/A | Layoff | 2008-08-19 | |
| Nu Wa Industries Inc | N/A | Layoff | 2008-08-21 |
The biggest impact was at Superior Industries International, Inc at its Pittsburg facility, reporting 600 affected workers. Nu Wa Industries Inc followed with 111 workers.
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.
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