Oklahoma Layoffs — September 2015

Employers in Oklahoma logged 8 WARN Act notices in September 2015, involving roughly 2,055 workers — climbing above August and up 1153% versus September 2014. The average filing covered 257 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Oklahoma this month. A total of 2,055 workers were affected across 8 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Cleveland	2	1,118
Lincoln	2	252

Cleveland absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 54% of all affected workers with 1,118 workers across 2 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Oklahoma City	2	1,118
05 - CentralRegion	1	559
Stroud	2	252
03 - EastCentralRegion	1	126
EastCentralRegion	1	0

Layoff Type Analysis

Layoff type classification was not available for filings in Oklahoma this month.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Chesapeake	Oklahoma City	559		2015-09-29
Chesapeake	Oklahoma City	559		2015-09-29
Chesapeake	05 - CentralRegion	559		2015-09-29
Service King	Stroud	126		2015-09-09
Service King	Stroud	126		2015-09-09
Service King	03 - EastCentralRegion	126		2015-09-09
Service King	EastCentralRegion	N/A		2015-09-09
Chesapeake	CentralRegion	N/A		2015-09-29

The biggest impact was at Chesapeake at its Oklahoma City facility, reporting 559 affected workers. Chesapeake followed with 559 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.

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

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