Employers in Pennsylvania logged 12 WARN Act notices in August 2018, involving roughly 778 workers — falling below July and down 4% versus August 2017. The average filing covered 65 workers, with 9 closures among the notices.
| Industry | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Transportation | 1 | 120 |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 88 |
The Transportation sector dominated layoff filings with 120 workers across 1 notice. Meanwhile, Manufacturing reported 88 workers.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Bucks | 2 | 182 |
| Lackawanna, Wayne | 1 | 171 |
| Chester | 1 | 118 |
| Luzerne | 1 | 107 |
| Blair | 1 | 88 |
Bucks felt the sharpest impact, accounting for 23% of all affected workers with 182 workers across 2 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Langhorne | 2 | 182 |
| Carbondale, Honesdale | 1 | 171 |
| Malvern | 1 | 118 |
| Wilkes-Barre | 1 | 107 |
| Claysburg | 1 | 88 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Closure | 9 | 559 |
| Layoff | 3 | 219 |
The high proportion of closures (72% of affected workers) suggests structural shifts rather than temporary cutbacks in Pennsylvania's labor market.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merakey | Carbondale, Honesdale | 171 | Layoff | 2018-08-01 |
| Dedicated Logistics Inc | Langhorne | 120 | Closure | 2018-08-01 |
| United States Traffic Network, LLC | Malvern | 118 | Closure | 2018-08-01 |
| WNS Global Services | Wilkes-Barre | 107 | Closure | 2018-08-01 |
| *UPDATE* Harbison Walker International, Sproul Plant | Claysburg | 88 | Closure | 2018-08-01 |
| Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring, LLC | Langhorne | 62 | Closure | 2018-08-01 |
| ThermoFisher Scientific Inc | Bellefonte | 54 | Closure | 2018-08-01 |
| ArcelorMittal Plate, LLC | Conshohocken | 47 | Layoff | 2018-08-01 |
| *UPDATE* Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC | Creighton | 5 | Closure | 2018-08-01 |
| *UPDATE* Johnson & Johnson | Wayne | 3 | Closure | 2018-08-01 |
| *UPDATE* Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC | Creighton | 2 | Closure | 2018-08-01 |
| *Update* At&T | Harrisburg | 1 | Layoff | 2018-08-01 |
The biggest impact was at Merakey at its Carbondale, Honesdale facility, reporting 171 affected workers. Dedicated Logistics Inc followed with 120 workers.
This data points to a easing in workforce disruptions across Pennsylvania, with filings falling below both recent and year-ago levels. The Transportation sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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