Employers in Kansas reported 15 WARN Act notices in March 2012, displacing an estimated 932 workers — signaling an acceleration from February and up 881% versus March 2011. The average filing covered 62 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 932 workers were affected across 15 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson | 1 | 400 |
| Finney | 1 | 236 |
| Sedgwick | 4 | 224 |
| Reno | 1 | 62 |
| Saline | 1 | 10 |
Johnson was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 43% of all affected workers with 400 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Lenexa | 1 | 400 |
| Holcomb | 1 | 236 |
| Wichita | 4 | 224 |
| Hutchinson | 1 | 62 |
| Salina | 1 | 10 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 7 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | Lenexa | 400 | 2012-03-22 | |
| Beef Products Inc | Holcomb | 236 | 2012-03-26 | |
| Convergys | Wichita | 100 | 2012-03-07 | |
| Hawker Beechcraft | Wichita | 92 | 2012-03-23 | |
| Dilliards | Hutchinson | 62 | 2012-03-15 | |
| Hawker Beechcraft | Wichita | 25 | 2012-03-02 | |
| Hawker Beechcraft | Salina | 10 | 2012-03-02 | |
| Boeing | Wichita | 7 | 2012-03-23 | |
| Hawker Beechcraft | N/A | Layoff | 2012-03-02 | |
| Convergys | N/A | Layoff | 2012-03-07 | |
| Dilliards | N/A | Layoff | 2012-03-15 | |
| T-Mobile | N/A | Layoff | 2012-03-22 | |
| Boeing | N/A | Layoff | 2012-03-23 | |
| Hawker Beechcraft | N/A | Layoff | 2012-03-23 | |
| Beef Products Inc | N/A | Layoff | 2012-03-26 |
The most significant filing came from T-Mobile at its Lenexa facility, reporting 400 affected workers. Beef Products Inc followed with 236 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The numbers illustrate 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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