Employers in North Carolina logged 15 WARN Act notices in January 2018, involving roughly 1,291 workers — climbing above December and up 142% versus January 2017. The average filing covered 86 workers, with 3 closures among the notices.
| Industry | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 5 | 165 |
The Manufacturing sector dominated layoff filings with 165 workers across 5 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Wake | 3 | 523 |
| Mecklenburg | 3 | 174 |
| Robeson | 1 | 149 |
| Mitchell | 1 | 100 |
| Wilson | 1 | 100 |
Wake was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 41% of all affected workers with 523 workers across 3 notices.
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 12 | 862 |
| Closure | 3 | 429 |
Closures accounted for 33% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLC | 267 | Layoff | 2018-01-02 | |
| Sams Club (#6668) | 187 | Closure | 2018-01-11 | |
| Sams Club #4945 | 149 | Closure | 2018-01-11 | |
| PRC Industries | 100 | Layoff | 2018-01-03 | |
| Absolute Plastics Llc | 100 | Layoff | 2018-01-11 | |
| ARMA Global Inc | 99 | Layoff | 2018-01-30 | |
| HireRight LLC | 93 | Closure | 2018-01-09 | |
| Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions (Conifer) | 81 | Layoff | 2018-01-29 | |
| Aon Hewitt (Aon) | 76 | Layoff | 2018-01-04 | |
| Flextronics Americas LLC | 69 | Layoff | 2018-01-05 | |
| RSC Chemical Solutions | 41 | Layoff | 2018-01-11 | |
| RSC Chemical Solutions | 11 | Layoff | 2018-01-11 | |
| RSC Chemical Solutions | 8 | Layoff | 2018-01-11 | |
| RSC Chemical Solutions | 5 | Layoff | 2018-01-11 | |
| Compass Group USA (GM Charlotte) | 5 | Layoff | 2018-01-31 |
The biggest impact was at Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLC at its North Carolina facility, reporting 267 affected workers. Sams Club (#6668) followed with 187 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
This data points to mounting pressure on the North Carolina labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Manufacturing sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by North Carolina. 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 North Carolina WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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