Iowa Layoffs — August 2017

Employers in Iowa filed 8 WARN Act notices in August 2017, impacting roughly 366 workers — representing a pullback from July and down 71% versus August 2016. The average filing covered 46 workers, with 2 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Iowa this month. A total of 366 workers were affected across 8 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Woodbury	2	160
Webster	2	104
Linn	2	100
Polk	2	2

Woodbury felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 44% of all affected workers with 160 workers across 2 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Sioux City	2	160
Fort Dodge	2	104
Cedar Rapids	2	100
West Des Moines	2	2

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Closure	2	132
Layoff	1	50

Closures accounted for 36% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Westrock	Sioux City	80	Closure	2017-08-01
WestRock	Sioux City	80		2017-08-01
J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc	Fort Dodge	52	Closure	2017-08-18
Penney OpCo LLC dba JCPenney	Fort Dodge	52		2017-08-18
LeanCor Supply Chain Group	Cedar Rapids	50	Layoff	2017-08-15
LeanCor Supply Chain Group	Cedar Rapids	50		2017-08-15
Wells Fargo	West Des Moines	1		2017-08-10
Wells Fargo	West Des Moines	1		2017-08-10

The single largest action involved Westrock at its Sioux City facility, reporting 80 affected workers. WestRock followed with 80 workers.

Trend & Outlook

The data underscores a easing in workforce disruptions across Iowa, with filings falling below both recent and year-ago levels.

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