Employers in Pennsylvania filed 4 WARN Act notices in March 2014, impacting roughly 200 workers — representing a pullback from February and down 57% versus March 2013. The average filing covered 50 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Pennsylvania this month. A total of 200 workers were affected across 4 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | 1 | 79 |
| Luzerne | 1 | 62 |
| Allegheny | 1 | 59 |
| York | 1 | 0 |
Columbia felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 40% of all affected workers with 79 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg | 1 | 79 |
| Pittston | 1 | 62 |
| Coraopolis | 1 | 59 |
| York | 1 | 0 |
Layoff type classification was not available for filings in Pennsylvania this month.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sykes | Bloomsburg | 79 | 2014-03-01 | |
| CLARCOR Air Filtration Products, Inc | Pittston | 62 | 2014-03-01 | |
| QBE North America | Coraopolis | 59 | 2014-03-01 | |
| Osram Sylvania, Inc | York | N/A | 2014-03-01 |
The single largest action involved Sykes at its Bloomsburg facility, reporting 79 affected workers. CLARCOR Air Filtration Products, Inc followed with 62 workers.
The data underscores a easing in workforce disruptions across Pennsylvania, with filings falling below both recent and year-ago levels.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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