Employers in South Carolina filed 6 WARN Act notices in August 2015, impacting roughly 1,082 workers — representing a pullback from July. The average filing covered 180 workers, with 3 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in South Carolina this month. A total of 1,082 workers were affected across 6 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Edgefield | 2 | 654 |
| Kershaw | 2 | 240 |
| Orangeburg | 2 | 188 |
Edgefield felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 60% of all affected workers with 654 workers across 2 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Trenton | 2 | 654 |
| Lugoff | 2 | 240 |
| Orangeburg | 2 | 188 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Closure | 3 | 541 |
Closures accounted for 50% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Outfitters | Trenton | 327 | Closure | 2015-08-18 |
| Urban Outfitters | Trenton | 327 | 2015-08-18 | |
| UTi | Lugoff | 120 | Closure | 2015-08-24 |
| UTi | Lugoff | 120 | 2015-08-24 | |
| Sodexo | Orangeburg | 94 | Closure | 2015-08-03 |
| Sodexo | Orangeburg | 94 | 2015-08-03 |
The single largest action involved Urban Outfitters at its Trenton facility, reporting 327 affected workers. Urban Outfitters followed with 327 workers.
The data underscores a mixed picture for South Carolina's labor market, with activity diverging between monthly and annual comparisons.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by South Carolina. 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 South Carolina WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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