Washington Layoffs — June 2015

Employers in Washington logged 9 WARN Act notices in June 2015, involving roughly 741 workers — climbing above May and up 97% versus June 2014. The average filing covered 82 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Washington this month. A total of 741 workers were affected across 9 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
King	2	380
Snohomish	2	126

King absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 51% of all affected workers with 380 workers across 2 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Seattle	2	380
Puget Sound	5	235
Snohomish	2	126

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	3	231
Closure	1	63

Closures accounted for 9% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Bags	Seattle	190	Layoff	2015-06-17
Bags	Seattle	190		2015-06-17
Boeing	Puget Sound	153		2015-06-19
Sodexo	Snohomish	63	Closure	2015-06-30
Sodexo	Snohomish	63		2015-06-30
Boeing	Puget Sound	23	Layoff	2015-06-22
Boeing	Puget Sound	23		2015-06-22
Boeing	Puget Sound	18	Layoff	2015-06-11
Boeing	Puget Sound	18		2015-06-11

The biggest impact was at Bags at its Seattle facility, reporting 190 affected workers. Bags followed with 190 workers.

Trend & Outlook

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

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

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