Iowa Layoffs — March 2012

Employers in Iowa posted 5 WARN Act notices in March 2012, affecting an estimated 416 workers and roughly flat versus March 2011. The average filing covered 83 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry	Notices	Workers
Healthcare	1	65

The Healthcare sector saw the heaviest impact with 65 workers across 1 notice.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Black Hawk	1	216
Clay	1	71
Polk	2	70

Black Hawk felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 52% of all affected workers with 216 workers across 1 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Waterloo	1	216
Spencer	1	71
Urbandale	2	70
Ashburn	1	59

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Closure	1	216
Layoff	3	195

The high proportion of closures (52% of affected workers) suggests structural shifts rather than temporary cutbacks in Iowa's labor market.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Beef Products, Inc	Waterloo	216	Closure	2012-03-26
Results Customer Solutions, LL	Spencer	71	Layoff	2012-03-01
Iowa Health Home Care	Urbandale	65	Layoff	2012-03-07
MVM, Inc	Ashburn	59	Layoff	2012-03-22
Lennox	Urbandale	5		2012-03-29

The largest notice was filed by Beef Products, Inc at its Waterloo facility, reporting 216 affected workers. Results Customer Solutions, LL followed with 71 workers.

Trend & Outlook

After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.

The trends suggest mounting pressure on the Iowa labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Healthcare sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.

This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Iowa. 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 Iowa WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.