Kansas Layoffs — February 2011

Employers in Kansas logged 6 WARN Act notices in February 2011, involving roughly 175 workers — falling below January and up 447% versus February 2010. The average filing covered 29 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

6
Notices Filed
175
Workers Affected
29
Avg per Notice
0
Closures

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 175 workers were affected across 6 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

CountyNoticesWorkers
Labette195
Reno169
Sedgwick111

Labette absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 54% of all affected workers with 95 workers across 1 notices.

CityNoticesWorkers
Parsons195
Yoder169
Wichita111

Layoff Type Analysis

TypeNoticesWorkers
Layoff30

Largest Layoffs

CompanyCityWorkersTypeDate
Day & ZimmermanParsons952011-02-21
Liberty Homes, IncYoder692011-02-24
BoeingWichita112011-02-18
BoeingN/ALayoff2011-02-18
Day & ZimmermanN/ALayoff2011-02-21
Liberty Homes, IncN/ALayoff2011-02-24

The biggest impact was at Day & Zimmerman at its Parsons facility, reporting 95 affected workers. Liberty Homes, Inc followed with 69 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This is the third consecutive month of declining layoff activity.

This data points to 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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