Tennessee Layoffs — December 2014

Employers in Tennessee logged 6 WARN Act notices in December 2014, involving roughly 585 workers — climbing above November and up 892% versus December 2013. The average filing covered 98 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Tennessee this month. A total of 585 workers were affected across 6 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Shelby	2	218
Davidson	2	198
Dickson	1	112
Knox	1	57

Shelby was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 37% of all affected workers with 218 workers across 2 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Memphis	2	218
Nashville	2	198
Dickson	1	112
Knoxville	1	57

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	5	473
Closure	1	112

Closures accounted for 19% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Cargill Inc	Memphis	210	Layoff	2014-12-03
Asurion	Nashville	178	Layoff	2014-12-10
Quad Graphics Inc	Dickson	112	Closure	2014-12-17
Unitrac Railroad Materials Inc	Knoxville	57	Layoff	2014-12-04
Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio	Nashville	20	Layoff	2014-12-03
Kairos Services Inc	Memphis	8	Layoff	2014-12-18

The biggest impact was at Cargill Inc at its Memphis facility, reporting 210 affected workers. Asurion followed with 178 workers.

Trend & Outlook

After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.

This data points to mounting pressure on the Tennessee labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.

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