Kansas Layoffs — October 2012

Employers in Kansas logged 8 WARN Act notices in October 2012, involving roughly 436 workers — climbing above September and up 31% versus October 2011. The average filing covered 54 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 436 workers were affected across 8 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Shawnee	2	387
Sedgwick	2	49

Shawnee saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 89% of all affected workers with 387 workers across 2 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Topeka	2	387
Wichita	2	49

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	4	0

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Hallmark	Topeka	238		2012-10-29
Northrop Brumman	Topeka	149		2012-10-31
Boeing	Wichita	39		2012-10-12
Hawker Beechcraft	Wichita	10		2012-10-15
Boeing		N/A	Layoff	2012-10-12
Hawker Beechcraft		N/A	Layoff	2012-10-15
Hallmark		N/A	Layoff	2012-10-29
Northrop Brumman		N/A	Layoff	2012-10-31

The biggest impact was at Hallmark at its Topeka facility, reporting 238 affected workers. Northrop Brumman followed with 149 workers.

Trend & Outlook

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.