Employers in Kansas filed 14 WARN Act notices in January 2024, impacting roughly 337 workers and up 21% versus January 2023. The average filing covered 24 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 337 workers were affected across 14 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Bourbon | 6 | 270 |
| Sedgwick | 5 | 67 |
| Stevens | 1 | 0 |
| Butler | 1 | 0 |
Bourbon bore the heaviest burden, accounting for 80% of all affected workers with 270 workers across 6 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Scott | 6 | 270 |
| Wichita | 5 | 67 |
| Novi | 1 | 0 |
| Hugoton | 1 | 0 |
| Augusta | 1 | 0 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 3 | 0 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timken Belts | Fort Scott | 152 | 2024-01-08 | |
| Valu Merchandisers Company | Fort Scott | 118 | 2024-01-08 | |
| Unidine | Wichita | 67 | 2024-01-02 | |
| Unidine | Wichita | N/A | Layoff | 2024-01-02 |
| Amphenol Adronics | Novi | N/A | 2024-01-02 | |
| Unidine | Wichita | N/A | 2024-01-02 | |
| Timken Belts | Fort Scott | N/A | Layoff | 2024-01-08 |
| Valu Merchandisers Company | Fort Scott | N/A | Layoff | 2024-01-08 |
| Valu Merchandisers Company | Fort Scott | N/A | 2024-01-08 | |
| Timken Belts | Fort Scott | N/A | 2024-01-08 | |
| KDI Cheese | Hugoton | N/A | 2024-01-22 | |
| Case New Holland | Wichita | N/A | 2024-01-22 | |
| Dhl | Wichita | N/A | 2024-01-22 | |
| Paramount East Antique Mall | Augusta | N/A | 2024-01-30 |
The single largest action involved Timken Belts at its Fort Scott facility, reporting 152 affected workers. Valu Merchandisers Company followed with 118 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
The data underscores mounting pressure on the Kansas labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Kansas. 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 Kansas WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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