Employers in Kansas posted 8 WARN Act notices in October 2014, affecting an estimated 1,093 workers — reflecting a significant uptick compared to September and up 4868% versus October 2013. The average filing covered 137 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 1,093 workers were affected across 8 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | 1 | 634 |
| Johnson | 1 | 452 |
| Sedgwick | 2 | 7 |
Montgomery saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 58% of all affected workers with 634 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Coffeyville | 1 | 634 |
| Overland Park | 1 | 452 |
| Wichita | 2 | 7 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 4 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.comKSDC, LLC | Coffeyville | 634 | 2014-10-16 | |
| Sprint | Overland Park | 452 | 2014-10-17 | |
| Boeing | Wichita | 6 | 2014-10-10 | |
| Boeing | Wichita | 1 | 2014-10-31 | |
| Boeing | N/A | Layoff | 2014-10-10 | |
| Amazon.comKSDC, LLC | N/A | Layoff | 2014-10-16 | |
| Sprint | N/A | Layoff | 2014-10-17 | |
| Boeing | N/A | Layoff | 2014-10-31 |
The largest notice was filed by Amazon.comKSDC, LLC at its Coffeyville facility, reporting 634 affected workers. Sprint followed with 452 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The trends suggest 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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