Kansas Layoffs — April 2015

Employers in Kansas logged 10 WARN Act notices in April 2015, involving roughly 415 workers — climbing above March and down 43% versus April 2014. The average filing covered 42 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 415 workers were affected across 10 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Sedgwick	2	181
Johnson	1	91
Finney	1	74
Atchison	1	69

Sedgwick felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 44% of all affected workers with 181 workers across 2 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Wichita	2	181
Overland Park	1	91
Garden City	1	74
Atchison	1	69

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	5	0

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Ally Servicing	Wichita	178		2015-04-22
Sprint	Overland Park	91		2015-04-10
Worthington Industries	Garden City	74		2015-04-07
Northwest Pipe Company	Atchison	69		2015-04-06
Boeing	Wichita	3		2015-04-17
Northwest Pipe Company		N/A	Layoff	2015-04-06
Worthington Industries		N/A	Layoff	2015-04-07
Sprint		N/A	Layoff	2015-04-10
Boeing		N/A	Layoff	2015-04-17
Ally Servicing		N/A	Layoff	2015-04-22

The biggest impact was at Ally Servicing at its Wichita facility, reporting 178 affected workers. Sprint followed with 91 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.

This data points to a mixed picture for Kansas's labor market, with activity diverging between monthly and annual comparisons.

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.