Pennsylvania Layoffs — October 2013

Employers in Pennsylvania logged 14 WARN Act notices in October 2013, involving roughly 1,477 workers — climbing above September and up 191% versus October 2012. The average filing covered 106 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Notices Filed

1,477

Workers Affected

106

Avg per Notice

Closures

Industry Breakdown

Industry breakdown for Pennsylvania
Industry	Notices	Workers
Manufacturing	3	647
Healthcare	2	270
Retail	2	126
Finance & Insurance	1	93
Transportation	2	88
Construction	1	77
Information & Technology	1	77
Accommodation & Food	1	56

The Manufacturing sector dominated layoff filings with 647 workers across 3 notices. Meanwhile, Healthcare reported 270 workers.

Geographic Hotspots

Top counties by layoff notices
County	Notices	Workers
Montgomery	2	593
Philadelphia	2	256
Allegheny	2	137
Berks	2	109
Cumberland	1	81

Montgomery saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 40% of all affected workers with 593 workers across 2 notices.

Top cities by layoff notices
City	Notices	Workers
West Point	1	500
Philadelphia	2	256
Horsham	1	93
New Kingstown	1	81
Lemont Furnace	1	78

Layoff Type Analysis

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

Largest Layoffs

Largest layoff notices
Company	City	Workers	Date
Merck &	West Point	500	2013-10-01
Pennsylvania Mentor: Northeast Philadelphia Office, Broomall Office, Fleet Wood Office	Philadelphia	200	2013-10-01
NCO Financial Systems, Inc. Third Party Program	Horsham	93	2013-10-29
Cressler Trucking	New Kingstown	81	2013-10-01
BAE Systems, Inc. Land and Armaments	Lemont Furnace	78	2013-10-01
American Bridge	Coraopolis	77	2013-10-01
Travelocity.com	Wilkes-Barre	77	2013-10-01
Westfield Hospital and Westfield Surgery Center	Allentown	70	2013-10-01
Kloeckner Metals	Bensalem	69	2013-10-01
SB Capital Acquisition, LLC JC's 5 Star Outlet	Reading	66	2013-10-01
General Nutrition Companies, Inc. Buncher Commerce Park - Bldg #15A	Leetsdale	60	2013-10-01
Best Western Center City Hotel	Philadelphia	56	2013-10-01
NRG Energy, Inc. Titus Generating Station	Birdsboro	43	2013-10-01
Customer Based Transportation, Inc. Corsicana Bedding	Barnesville	7	2013-10-01

The biggest impact was at Merck & at its West Point facility, reporting 500 affected workers. Pennsylvania Mentor: Northeast Philadelphia Office, Broomall Office, Fleet Wood Office followed with 200 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.

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