Employers in Illinois logged 14 WARN Act notices in October 2015, involving roughly 1,905 workers — climbing above September. The average filing covered 136 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
| Industry | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Retail | 1 | 70 |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 64 |
The Retail sector dominated layoff filings with 70 workers across 1 notice. Meanwhile, Manufacturing reported 64 workers.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Tazewell | 1 | 450 |
| DuPage | 2 | 397 |
| Peoria | 1 | 350 |
| Cook | 4 | 203 |
| McLean | 2 | 77 |
Tazewell saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 24% of all affected workers with 450 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Morton | 1 | 450 |
| West Chicago | 1 | 367 |
| Peoria | 1 | 350 |
| 6122 Rte 29 & Rench Rd, 61522 14009 Old Galena Road Mossville | 1 | 300 |
| Normal | 2 | 77 |
Layoff type classification was not available for filings in Illinois this month.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterpillar Inc | Morton | 450 | 2015-10-09 | |
| General Mills | West Chicago | 367 | 2015-10-07 | |
| Caterpillar Inc | Peoria | 350 | 2015-10-09 | |
| Caterpillar Inc | 6122 Rte 29 & Rench Rd, 61522 14009 Old Galena Road Mossville | 300 | 2015-10-09 | |
| Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | Matteson | 70 | 2015-10-12 | |
| Bretford Manufacturing, Inc | Schiller Park | 64 | 2015-10-15 | |
| Coleman Tri-County Services | Harrisburg | 55 | 2015-10-05 | |
| Vuteq Corporation USA | Normal | 49 | 2015-10-02 | |
| Eagle Wings Industries | Rantoul | 38 | 2015-10-29 | |
| Barclays | Chicago | 37 | 2015-10-08 | |
| Richland Manuf./Eagle Wings Industries | Olney | 35 | 2015-10-29 | |
| Motorola | Chicago | 32 | 2015-10-05 | |
| The Allant Group, Inc | Naperville | 30 | 2015-10-19 | |
| MPW Industrial Services Inc | Normal | 28 | 2015-10-07 |
The biggest impact was at Caterpillar Inc at its Morton facility, reporting 450 affected workers. General Mills followed with 367 workers.
This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.
This data points to mounting pressure on the Illinois labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Retail sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Illinois. 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 Illinois WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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