Missouri Layoffs — November 2016

Employers in Missouri logged 6 WARN Act notices in November 2016, involving roughly 210 workers — falling below October and down 87% versus November 2015. The average filing covered 35 workers, with 1 closure among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Missouri this month. A total of 210 workers were affected across 6 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
St. Louis	3	105
St. Louis City	1	77
Boone	2	28

St. Louis bore the heaviest burden, accounting for 50% of all affected workers with 105 workers across 3 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
St. Louis	2	154
Columbia	2	28
Maryland Heights	2	28

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Closure	1	77
Layoff	2	28

Closures accounted for 37% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Lord & Taylor	St. Louis	77	Closure	2016-11-07
Lord & Taylor	St. Louis	77		2016-11-07
Experience Works, Inc	Columbia	14	Layoff	2016-11-07
Experience Works, Inc	Columbia	14		2016-11-07
SunEdison, Inc	Maryland Heights	14	Layoff	2016-11-29
SunEdison, Inc	Maryland Heights	14		2016-11-29

The biggest impact was at Lord & Taylor at its St. Louis facility, reporting 77 affected workers. Lord & Taylor followed with 77 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This is the third consecutive month of declining layoff activity.

This data points to a easing in workforce disruptions across Missouri, with filings falling below both recent and year-ago levels.

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