Florida Layoffs — November 2002

Employers in Florida logged 20 WARN Act notices in November 2002, involving roughly 1,794 workers — climbing above October and up 34% versus November 2001. The average filing covered 90 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

The Finance & Insurance sector dominated layoff filings with 560 workers across 4 notices. Meanwhile, Transportation reported 357 workers.

Geographic Hotspots

Hillsborough saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 42% of all affected workers with 750 workers across 5 notices.

Layoff Type Analysis

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

Largest Layoffs

The biggest impact was at US Airways - Tampa Heavy Maintenance at its Tampa facility, reporting 317 affected workers. PHP Holdings followed with 235 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.

This data points to mounting pressure on the Florida labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks. The Finance & Insurance sector warrants close attention heading into the next period.

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