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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Report U.S. Department of Labor 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, JOLTS DCC, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Rm 7T50, Atlanta, GA 30303 / Phone: (800) 341-4620 / FAX: (800) 876-2815 / www.bls.gov

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BLS Form No. BLS-1411-C1

OMB No. 1220-0170

1 This form requests information about job openings and employee turnover at:

 COUNTY:

 

 UI: in

2 Please check all that apply: Employees are paid

 each week every two weeks twice a month once a month other

3 Please provide data for the time period indicated for each item. Enter “0” if none. Enter “NA” if data 

are not available. See the back of this page for explanations of the terms below.

EMPLOYMENT JOB OPENINGS HIRES SEPARATIONS 

Number of full- or 

part-time employees 

who worked or 

received pay for the 

pay period that 

includes the 12th of 

the month

A job is open if it 

meets all three

conditions:

• A specific position 

exists

• Work could start 

within 30 days

• You are actively 

seeking workers from 

outside this location to 

fill the position

A hire is any addition 

to your payroll, and:

• May be a new hire 

or a previously 

separated rehire

• May be permanent, 

short-term, or 

seasonal

• May be a recall 

from layoff

Quits 

(Except

retirements)

Layoffs and 

Discharges

• Layoffs

•Discharges

• Terminations 

of permanent, 

short-term, or 

seasonal 

employees

Other 

•Retirements

•Transfers 

from this 

location

•Employee 

disability 

•Deaths

A B C D E F

Report for 

month of:

Total Employment

for the pay period

that includes the 

12th of the month

Number of 

Job Openings

on the last business 

day of the month

Hires and Recalls

for the entire

month

Quits

Layoffs and 

Discharges

Other 

Separations

- - - - - - for the entire month - - - - -

Your reporting number is: 

Need help with this form?

Call 1-800-341-4620.
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IMPORTANT

This form requests information about employees on your payroll at the location shown in Section 1 on the 

front of this page. Please follow these instructions as you prepare your information.

Column A

Total Employment

for the pay period that includes the 12th of the month.

Report all persons on your payroll who worked or received 

pay for the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. 

INCLUDE:

• Full-time and part-time employees

• Permanent, short-term, and seasonal employees

• Salaried and hourly workers

• Employees on paid vacation or other paid leave

DO NOT INCLUDE:

• Proprietors and partners of unincorporated businesses

• Unpaid family workers

• Employees on strike for the entire pay period

• Employees on leave without pay for the entire pay 

period

• Employees of temporary help agencies, employee 

leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. 

(These employees will be counted by their employer of 

record.)

Column B

Job Openings

on the last business day of the month. 

Report all positions that are open (not filled) on the last 

business day of the month. A job is open only if it meets 

all three of these conditions:

• A specific position exists and there is work available for 

that position. The position can be full-time or part-time, 

and it can be permanent, short-term, or seasonal, and 

• The job could start within 30 days, whether or not you 

find a suitable candidate during that time, and

• You are actively recruiting workers from outside the 

location shown in Section 1 on the front of this page

What is active recruiting? Active recruiting means your 

establishment is taking steps to fill a position. It may 

include advertising in newspapers, on television, or on 

radio; posting Internet notices; posting "help wanted" 

signs; networking or making "word of mouth" 

announcements; accepting applications; interviewing 

candidates; contacting employment agencies; or 

soliciting employees at job fairs, state or local 

employment offices, or similar sources.

DO NOT INCLUDE:

• Positions open only to internal transfers, promotions or 

demotions, or recall from layoffs

• Openings for positions with start dates more than 

30 days in the future

• Positions for which employees have been hired, but the 

employees have not yet reported for work

• Positions to be filled by employees of temporary help 

agencies, employee leasing companies, outside 

contractors, or consultants

Column C

Hires and Recalls

for the entire month.

Report all additions to your payroll during the month.

INCLUDE:

• Newly hired and rehired employees

• Full-time and part-time employees

• Permanent, short-term, and seasonal employees

• Employees who were recalled to a job at this location 

following a layoff (formal suspension from pay status) 

lasting more than 7 days 

• On-call or intermittent employees who returned to work 

after having been formally separated

• Workers who were hired and separated during the month

• Transfers from other locations

DO NOT INCLUDE:

• Transfers or promotions within this location

• Employees returning from strike

• Employees of temporary help agencies, employee 

leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants

Columns D, E, and F

Separations

for the entire month.

Report all separations from your payroll during the month. 

Report by type of separation.

• Column D, Quits: Employees who left voluntarily. 

Exception: Report retirements or transfers to other 

locations with Other Separations in Column F.

• Column E, Layoffs and Discharges: Involuntary 

separations initiated by the employer, including:

- Layoffs with no intent to rehire

- Layoffs (formal suspensions from pay status) lasting 

or expected to last more than 7 days. (If the 

employee was later recalled, also include in the Hires 

column.)

- Discharges resulting from mergers, downsizing, 

or closings

- Firings or other discharges for cause

- Terminations of permanent or short-term employees

- Terminations of seasonal employees (whether or not 

they are expected to return next season)

• Column F, Other Separations: Retirements; transfers 

to other locations; separations due to employee 

disability; deaths.

DO NOT INCLUDE:

• Transfers within this location

• Employees on strike

• Employees of temporary help agencies, employee 

leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants

We estimate it will take an average of 10 minutes to complete this form each month, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 

needed, and completing and reviewing this information. If you have any comments regarding these estimates or any other aspect of this survey, send them to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4840, Washington, DC 20212. You are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.