Employers in Tennessee posted 10 WARN Act notices in February 2020, affecting an estimated 1,591 workers — reflecting a significant uptick compared to January and up 33% versus February 2019. The average filing covered 159 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
| Industry | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | 3 | 334 |
| Transportation | 2 | 166 |
The Healthcare sector saw the heaviest impact with 334 workers across 3 notices. On a related front, Transportation reported 166 workers.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Sullivan | 1 | 824 |
| Shelby | 4 | 375 |
| Rutherford | 2 | 167 |
| Davidson | 1 | 98 |
| Jefferson | 1 | 69 |
Sullivan was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 52% of all affected workers with 824 workers across 1 notices.
Layoff type classification was not available for filings in Tennessee this month.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Services LLC | 824 | 2020-02-25 | ||
| PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation | 167 | 2020-02-19 | ||
| IQor Global Services LLC | 131 | 2020-02-12 | ||
| TruCore Behavioral Health | 98 | 2020-02-12 | ||
| Logistics Insight Corp | 96 | 2020-02-24 | ||
| Reliance Worldwide Corporation | 71 | 2020-02-18 | ||
| Delta Airline Global Service, LLC | 70 | 2020-02-10 | ||
| TruCore Behavioral Health | 69 | 2020-02-11 | ||
| Brookdale Senior Living Inc | 58 | 2020-02-21 | ||
| Huddle House, Inc/Perkins LLC | 7 | 2020-02-03 |
The largest notice was filed by Brock Services LLC at its Tennessee facility, reporting 824 affected workers. PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation followed with 167 workers.
This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.
The trends suggest mounting pressure on the Tennessee labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Healthcare sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.
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.
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