Employers in Washington filed 11 WARN Act notices in July 2017, impacting roughly 1,133 workers — representing a pullback from June and down 5% versus July 2016. The average filing covered 103 workers, with 3 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Washington this month. A total of 1,133 workers were affected across 11 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| King | 4 | 292 |
| Pierce | 4 | 64 |
King was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 26% of all affected workers with 292 workers across 4 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Puget Sound | 2 | 440 |
| Puget Sound Area | 1 | 337 |
| Bothell | 2 | 242 |
| Tacoma | 4 | 64 |
| Bellevue | 2 | 50 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 2 | 341 |
| Closure | 3 | 57 |
Closures accounted for 5% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing | Puget Sound Area | 337 | 2017-07-21 | |
| Boeing | Puget Sound | 220 | Layoff | 2017-07-27 |
| Boeing | Puget Sound | 220 | 2017-07-27 | |
| Vertafore | Bothell | 121 | Layoff | 2017-07-17 |
| Vertafore | Bothell | 121 | 2017-07-17 | |
| Le Eco | Bellevue | 25 | Closure | 2017-07-24 |
| Le Eco | Bellevue | 25 | 2017-07-24 | |
| KIK Tacoma, Inc | Tacoma | 20 | Closure | 2017-07-12 |
| KIK Tacoma | Tacoma | 20 | 2017-07-12 | |
| APM Terminals | Tacoma | 12 | Closure | 2017-07-25 |
| APM Terminals | Tacoma | 12 | 2017-07-25 |
The single largest action involved Boeing at its Puget Sound Area facility, reporting 337 affected workers. Boeing followed with 220 workers.
This is the third consecutive month of declining layoff activity.
The data underscores a easing in workforce disruptions across Washington, with filings falling below both recent and year-ago levels.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Washington. 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 Washington WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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