Employers in Oregon filed 6 WARN Act notices in January 2015, impacting roughly 506 workers and up 325% versus January 2014. The average filing covered 84 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Oregon this month. A total of 506 workers were affected across 6 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Clackamas | 4 | 382 |
Clackamas was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 75% of all affected workers with 382 workers across 4 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Portland | 2 | 200 |
| Clackamas | 2 | 182 |
| Durham | 2 | 124 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 2 | 162 |
| Closure | 1 | 91 |
Closures accounted for 18% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Permanente | Portland | 100 | Layoff | 2015-01-19 |
| Kaiser Permanente | Portland | 100 | 2015-01-19 | |
| Safeway Inc | Clackamas | 91 | Closure | 2015-01-29 |
| Safeway | Clackamas | 91 | 2015-01-29 | |
| Cover Oregon | Durham | 62 | Layoff | 2015-01-08 |
| Cover Oregon | Durham | 62 | 2015-01-08 |
The single largest action involved Kaiser Permanente at its Portland facility, reporting 100 affected workers. Kaiser Permanente followed with 100 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The data underscores mounting pressure on the Oregon labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Oregon. 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 Oregon WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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