Mississippi Layoffs — December 2020

Employers in Mississippi logged 4 WARN Act notices in December 2020, involving roughly 100 workers. The average filing covered 25 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry	Notices	Workers
Manufacturing	2	100
Transportation	1	0
Information & Technology	1	0

The Manufacturing sector dominated layoff filings with 100 workers across 2 notices. Meanwhile, Transportation reported 0 workers.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
DeSoto	1	80
Panola	1	20

DeSoto was the epicenter of layoff activity, accounting for 80% of all affected workers with 80 workers across 1 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Southaven	1	80
Batesville	1	20

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	2	100

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Neovia Logistics Services, LLC	Southaven	80	Layoff	2020-12-16
Anderson Technologies South, LLC	Batesville	20	Layoff	2020-12-18
Neovia Logistics Services, LLC Southaven (DeSoto)		N/A		2020-12-16
Anderson Technologies South, LLC Batesville (Panola)		N/A		2020-12-18

The biggest impact was at Neovia Logistics Services, LLC at its Southaven facility, reporting 80 affected workers. Anderson Technologies South, LLC followed with 20 workers.

Trend & Outlook

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

This data points to mounting pressure on the Mississippi 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 Mississippi. 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 Mississippi WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.