Florida Layoffs — January 2003

Employers in Florida logged 34 WARN Act notices in January 2003, involving roughly 3,799 workers — climbing above December and up 117% versus January 2002. The average filing covered 112 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

The Retail sector dominated layoff filings with 2,600 workers across 25 notices. Meanwhile, Information & Technology reported 519 workers.

Geographic Hotspots

Duval saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 18% of all affected workers with 688 workers across 2 notices.

Layoff Type Analysis

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

Largest Layoffs

The biggest impact was at Humana at its Jacksonville facility, reporting 519 affected workers. Tropicana followed with 224 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 Retail 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.