Employers in Kansas logged 6 WARN Act notices in August 2017, involving roughly 197 workers and down 66% versus August 2016. The average filing covered 33 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 197 workers were affected across 6 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson | 1 | 60 |
Johnson was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 30% of all affected workers with 60 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| 3 - Workforce Investment Area III | 2 | 75 |
| 1 - Workforce Investment Area I | 2 | 62 |
| Overland Park | 1 | 60 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 1 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstones of Care | Overland Park | 60 | 2017-08-17 | |
| Cornerstones of Care | 3 - Workforce Investment Area III | 60 | 2017-08-17 | |
| Dillard's, Inc | 1 - Workforce Investment Area I | 40 | 2017-08-28 | |
| Trego Manor | 1 - Workforce Investment Area I | 22 | 2017-08-16 | |
| Treadit Tire and Wheel | 3 - Workforce Investment Area III | 15 | 2017-08-01 | |
| Cornerstones of Care | N/A | Layoff | 2017-08-17 |
The biggest impact was at Cornerstones of Care at its Overland Park facility, reporting 60 affected workers. Cornerstones of Care followed with 60 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
This data points to a mixed picture for Kansas's labor market, with activity diverging between monthly and annual comparisons.
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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