Employers in Kentucky posted 9 WARN Act notices in January 2022, affecting an estimated 2,460 workers and up 417% versus January 2021. The average filing covered 273 workers, with 3 closures among the notices.
| Industry | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 3 | 820 |
The Other sector saw the heaviest impact with 820 workers across 3 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Graves | 2 | 1,002 |
| Fayette | 2 | 338 |
| Campbell | 2 | 300 |
Graves bore the heaviest burden, accounting for 41% of all affected workers with 1,002 workers across 2 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Graves | 1 | 501 |
| Fayette | 1 | 169 |
| Campbell | 1 | 150 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Closure | 3 | 839 |
| Layoff | 2 | 651 |
Closures accounted for 34% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Consumer Products | 501 | Layoff | 2022-01-10 | |
| Mayfield Consumer Products | 501 | Closure | 2022-01-10 | |
| Mayfield Consumer Products | Graves | 501 | 2022-01-10 | |
| Scentsy Inc | 169 | Closure | 2022-01-12 | |
| Scentsy Inc | Fayette | 169 | 2022-01-12 | |
| Scentsy, Inc | 169 | Closure | 2022-01-13 | |
| Castellini Group of Companies | 150 | 2022-01-20 | ||
| Castellini Group of Companies | Campbell | 150 | 2022-01-20 | |
| Castellini Group of Companies | 150 | Layoff | 2022-01-21 |
The largest notice was filed by Mayfield Consumer Products at its Kentucky facility, reporting 501 affected workers. Mayfield Consumer Products followed with 501 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The trends suggest mounting pressure on the Kentucky labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Other sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Kentucky. 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 Kentucky WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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