South Dakota Layoffs — February 2020

Employers in South Dakota logged 2 WARN Act notices in February 2020, involving roughly 250 workers. The average filing covered 125 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

2
Notices Filed
250
Workers Affected
125
Avg per Notice
0
Closures

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in South Dakota this month. A total of 250 workers were affected across 2 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

CountyNoticesWorkers
Pennington2250

Pennington was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 100% of all affected workers with 250 workers across 2 notices.

CityNoticesWorkers
Rapid City2250

Layoff Type Analysis

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

Largest Layoffs

CompanyCityWorkersTypeDate
Littlelfuse IncRapid City1252020-02-25
LittelfuseRapid City1252020-02-25

The biggest impact was at Littlelfuse Inc at its Rapid City facility, reporting 125 affected workers. Littelfuse followed with 125 workers.

Trend & Outlook

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

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

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

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