Indiana Layoffs — July 2014

Employers in Indiana logged 3 WARN Act notices in July 2014, involving roughly 984 workers — climbing above June and up 1115% versus July 2013. The average filing covered 328 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry	Notices	Workers
Other	3	984

The Other sector dominated layoff filings with 984 workers across 3 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Knox	1	494
Pike	1	380
Hamilton	1	110

Knox absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 50% of all affected workers with 494 workers across 1 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Oaktown	1	494
Petersburg	1	380
Indianapolis	1	110

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	2	874
Closure	1	110

Closures accounted for 11% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Black Panther Mining	Oaktown	494	Layoff	2014-07-02
Five Star Mining	Petersburg	380	Layoff	2014-07-02
Herff Jones	Indianapolis	110	Closure	2014-07-11

The biggest impact was at Black Panther Mining at its Oaktown facility, reporting 494 affected workers. Five Star Mining followed with 380 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.

This data points to mounting pressure on the Indiana labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Other sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.

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