Employers in Vermont logged 2 WARN Act notices in March 2014, involving roughly 248 workers and up 23% versus March 2013. The average filing covered 124 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Vermont this month. A total of 248 workers were affected across 2 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Bennington | 1 | 160 |
| Caledonia | 1 | 88 |
Bennington saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 65% of all affected workers with 160 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Bennington | 1 | 160 |
| Lyndonville | 1 | 88 |
Layoff type classification was not available for filings in Vermont this month.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasan Carbon Composites Inc | Bennington | 160 | 2014-03-14 | |
| Kennametal | Lyndonville | 88 | 2014-03-31 |
The biggest impact was at Plasan Carbon Composites Inc at its Bennington facility, reporting 160 affected workers. Kennametal followed with 88 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
This data points to mounting pressure on the Vermont labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Vermont. 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 Vermont WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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