Kansas Hit Hard: GM Announces Massive Layoffs at Plant

Kansas Auto Industry Shaken: GM's WARN Notice Signals 1,695 Layoffs

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General Motors has announced the layoff of hundreds of employees at Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kansas. The temporary layoffs are being made as it ends production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan.

Under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, employers with more than 100 full-time workers must provide 60 days' notice before laying off 50 or more employees at a single site. GM has filed a WARN notice with the Kansas Department of Commerce advising of job cuts.

The notice advised that 1695 staff in Kansas would lose their jobs.

"As previously announced in May, GM is investing approximately $390 million in our Fairfax Assembly Plant to add production of the new Chevrolet Bolt EV. To facilitate the installation of new tooling, employees will be placed on a temporary layoff until production resumes in mid-2025." GM spokesman Kevin Kelly

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