Tennessee Layoffs — December 2017

Employers in Tennessee logged 8 WARN Act notices in December 2017, involving roughly 542 workers — climbing above November and up 83% versus December 2016. The average filing covered 68 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Tennessee this month. A total of 542 workers were affected across 8 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Davidson	1	145
Marion	1	76
Hawkins	1	50

Davidson was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 27% of all affected workers with 145 workers across 1 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Davidson County	1	145
Marion County	1	76
Hawkins County	1	50
Purchase dataset for city details	2	0

Layoff Type Analysis

Layoff type classification was not available for filings in Tennessee this month.

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC		145		2017-12-28
Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC	Davidson County	145		2017-12-28
WestRock		76		2017-12-14
WestRock	Marion County	76		2017-12-14
AGC Flat Glass		50		2017-12-19
AGC Flat Glass	Hawkins County	50		2017-12-19
WestRock	Purchase dataset for city details	N/A		2017-12-14
AGC Flat Glass	Purchase dataset for city details	N/A		2017-12-19

The biggest impact was at Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC at its Tennessee facility, reporting 145 affected workers. Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC followed with 145 workers.

Trend & Outlook

After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.

This data points to mounting pressure on the Tennessee labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.

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