Employers in Kansas reported 11 WARN Act notices in May 2016, displacing an estimated 807 workers — signaling an acceleration from April and up 699% versus May 2015. The average filing covered 73 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
| Industry | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | 1 | 15 |
The Healthcare sector topped the list of affected industries with 15 workers across 1 notice.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud | 1 | 152 |
| Johnson | 1 | 150 |
Cloud saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 19% of all affected workers with 152 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| 4 - Workforce Investment Area | 4 | 197 |
| 3 - Workforce Investment Area III | 2 | 156 |
| Concordia | 1 | 152 |
| 1 - Workforce Investment Area I | 1 | 152 |
| Lenexa | 1 | 150 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 2 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvos Group | Concordia | 152 | 2016-05-09 | |
| Arvos Group | 1 - Workforce Investment Area I | 152 | 2016-05-09 | |
| Machine Laboratory | Lenexa | 150 | 2016-05-02 | |
| Machine Laboratory | 3 - Workforce Investment Area III | 150 | 2016-05-02 | |
| Child Start | 4 - Workforce Investment Area | 106 | 2016-05-02 | |
| The Fresh Market | 4 - Workforce Investment Area | 50 | 2016-05-04 | |
| Smithfield Foods | 4 - Workforce Investment Area | 26 | 2016-05-16 | |
| Wesley Medical Center | 4 - Workforce Investment Area | 15 | 2016-05-02 | |
| Rehrig Pacific | 3 - Workforce Investment Area III | 6 | 2016-05-05 | |
| Machine Laboratory | N/A | Layoff | 2016-05-02 | |
| Arvos Group | N/A | Layoff | 2016-05-09 |
The most significant filing came from Arvos Group at its Concordia facility, reporting 152 affected workers. Arvos Group followed with 152 workers.
This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.
The numbers illustrate mounting pressure on the Kansas labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Healthcare sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.
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.
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