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USDL 07-0711

For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2007

In the first quarter of 2007, there were 965 mass layoff events that resulted in the separation of 139,269

workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The total number of layoff events was essentially unchanged

from the January-March 2006 time period, while the number of separations was sharply lower. (See table

A.) Over-the-year decreases in separations were largest in general merchandise stores, administrative and

support services, and transportation equipment manufacturing. Extended layoffs in the first quarter of 2007

averaged 144 separations, down significantly from 190 reported in the first quarter of 2006. Much of the

decline reflects a reduction in layoffs involving 500 or more workers.

Among the 7 categories of economic reasons for layoff, activity related to business demand factors

accounted for the highest share of events (41 percent) and separations (50,621) in January-March 2007.

Layoffs due to seasonal reasons had the next highest proportion of events (24 percent). (See table B and

the chart.) Permanent closure of worksites occurred in 13 percent of all events and affected 24,865

workers, the lowest number of separations due to permanent closures for any first quarter since the program

began in April 1995. Extended mass layoffs that involve the movement of work within the same company or

to a different company, either domestically or outside the U.S., occurred in 8 percent of the nonseasonal

layoff events, accounting for 9 percent of worker separations related to nonseasonal events. (See table C.)

Changes to Mass Layoff Data

Beginning with data for the first quarter of 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is

introducing improvements to the collection and presentation of data on economic reasons

for extended mass layoffs. Clearer definitions and titles for many of the current reasons

are being used, and four new reasons are being added. Moreover, seven higher-level

categories—business demand, disaster/safety, financial, organizational, production,

seasonal, and other/miscellaneous—are used to aggregate and report the detailed

economic reasons for layoff. Because of these changes, data beginning with the first

quarter of 2007 are not strictly comparable to previous quarters. For additional

information on the changes to the MLS reasons, including detailed definitions of each

reason and a crosswalk of the old to the new reasons, please see http://www.bls.gov/

mls/home.htm or call (202) 691-6392.
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Table A. Selected measures of extended mass layoff activity

Period Layoff events Separations Initial claimants

r = revised.

p = preliminary.

 2003

January-March ........... 1,502 286,947 297,608

April-June .................. 1,799 368,273 348,966

July-September .......... 1,190 236,333 227,909

October-December .... 1,690 325,333 326,328

 2004

January-March ........... 1,339 276,503 238,392

April-June .................. 1,358 278,831 254,063

July-September .......... 886 164,608 148,575

October-December .... 1,427 273,967 262,049

 2005

January-March ........... 1,142 186,506 185,486

April-June .................. 1,203 246,099 212,673

July-September .......... 1,136 201,878 190,186

October-December .... 1,400 250,178 246,188

 2006

January-March r......... 963 183,089 193,510

April-June r................. 1,353 295,886 264,807

July-September r......... 929 160,252 161,716

October-December r.. 1,640 296,578 330,124

 2007

January-March p......... 965 139,269 122,595

Job loss due to domestic relocation of work (either within the company or to another company) accounted

for nearly three-quarters of separations associated with movement of work.

The national unemployment rate averaged 4.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted, in the first quarter of

2007; a year earlier it was 5.0 percent. Private nonfarm payroll employment, not seasonally adjusted,

increased by 1.6 percent, or about 1.8 million, from January-March 2006 to January-March 2007.

Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs

Manufacturing industries accounted for 33 percent of private nonfarm extended layoff events and 37 percent of related separations during January-March 2007, slightly higher proportions when compared with first

quarter 2006. (See table 1.) In the first quarter of 2007, the greatest number of separations in the manufacturing sector was in transportation equipment manufacturing (14,722, mostly associated with motor vehicles). The next highest number of separations was in food manufacturing (8,919).

The construction sector accounted for 29 percent of the extended layoff events and 20 percent of the

separations, mostly in specialty trade contractors and in heavy and civil engineering construction. Layoffs

in the retail trade sector comprised 8 percent of events and 14 percent of separations, mostly in general
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Table B. Distribution of extended layoff events and separations by economic

reason categories, January-March 2007

Category Layoff events Separations

p

 Total .................................................. 965 100.0 139,269 100.0

Business demand ...................................... 392 40.6 50,621 36.3

Organizational changes ............................. 102 10.6 15,737 11.3

Financial issues......................................... 87 9.0 17,188 12.3

Production specific ................................... 20 2.1 3,458 2.5

Disaster/safety .......................................... 20 2.1 1,639 1.2

Seasonal................................................... 235 24.4 35,929 25.8

Other/miscellaneous .................................. 109 11.3 14,697 10.6

Number Percent Number Percent

 p = preliminary.

merchandise stores and in nonstore retailers. Administrative and waste services accounted for 7 percent of

private nonfarm layoff events and separations, largely in temporary help services. Cutbacks in finance and

insurance accounted for 5 percent of events and separations and were concentrated in credit intermediation

and related activities.

Information technology-producing industries (communications equipment, communications services,

computer hardware, and software and computer services) accounted for 3 percent of layoff events and

2 percent of worker separations in the first quarter of 2007, the same percentages as a year earlier. (See

table 6.)

Reasons for Extended Layoff

Among the 7 categories of economic reasons for extended mass layoffs, events related to business

demand factors (contract cancellation, contract completion, domestic competition, excess inventory, import

competition, and slack work) accounted for 41 percent of the extended layoffs and resulted in 50,621

separations in the first quarter of 2007. (See table 2.) These reasons were often cited in layoffs within

transportation equipment manufacturing and in specialty trade contractors.

Seasonal reasons (seasonal and vacation period) accounted for 24 percent of events, and resulted in

35,929 separations during the first quarter. Seasonal layoffs were most numerous in layoffs from general

merchandise stores, followed by food manufacturing.

Layoffs associated with organizational changes (business ownership change and reorganization or

restructuring) amounted to about 11 percent of both events and separations. About 70 percent of the

15,737 separations for this category was due to company reorganization or restructuring.

Job losses related to financial issues (bankruptcy, cost control, and financial difficulty) accounted for

9 percent of events and resulted in 17,188 separations. These layoffs were mostly among workers in

credit intermediation and related activities and in food manufacturing.

Over-the-year decreases in separations were reported in 6 of the 7 categories of reasons for layoffs,

with the largest decline occurring in organizational change (-21,703), followed by production specific factors
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Table C. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures,

first quarter 2007

Action Layoff events Separations

 1 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the

reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period.

 2 A layoff event can involve more than one movenment of work action.

 3 Data are not available.

 p = preliminary.

p

Total, private nonfarm .................................... 965 139,269

Total, excluding seasonal and

 vacation events...................................... 722 102,767

Total events with movement

 of work ............................................ 58 9,447

Movement of work actions........... 71 ( 3 )

With separations reported ....... 53 7,407

With separations unknown ...... 18 ( 3 )

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(-6,042), and seasonal reasons (-5,712). Separations due to financial issues registered the only over-theyear increase (+2,687).

Movement of Work

Between January and March of 2007, 58 extended mass layoff events involved the movement of work;

this was 8 percent of total extended mass layoff events, excluding those for seasonal and vacation reasons.

(See table C.) These movements of work were to other U.S. locations or to locations outside of the U.S.,

and they occurred either within the same company or to other companies. The extended mass layoff events

involving movement of work were associated with the separation of 9,447 workers, 9 percent of all separations resulting from nonseasonal/nonvacation mass layoff events. A year earlier, there were 53 layoff events

and 10,519 separations associated with the movement of work. (See table 10.)

Among the 58 extended mass layoff events with reported relocation of work, 71 percent were permanent

closures of worksites, which affected 7,412 workers. In comparison, 13 percent of the total extended mass

layoff events reported for the first quarter of 2007 involved the permanent closure of worksites.

Of the layoffs involving the movement of work, 74 percent of the events and 75 percent of the laid-off

workers were from manufacturing industries during the first quarter. (See table 7.) Among all private

nonfarm extended layoffs, manufacturing accounted for 33 percent of the events and 37 percent of

separations.
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Activities

Table D. Movement of work actions by type of separation where the number

of separations is known by employers, first quarter 2007

Actions Separations

 1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work were

reported are shown.

 p = preliminary.

p

1

With separations reported .................... 53 7,407

 By location

Out-of-country relocations... 12 1,830

Within company ............... 11 1,781

Different company ............ 1 49

Domestic relocations ........... 40 5,506

Within company ............... 35 4,466

Different company ............ 5 1,040

Unable to assign place of

 relocation.......................... 1 71

 By company

Within company .................. 47 6,318

Domestic .......................... 35 4,466

Out of country.................. 11 1,781

Unable to assign ............... 1 71

Different company ............... 6 1,089

Domestic .......................... 5 1,040

Out of country.................. 1 49

While 11 percent of the extended mass layoff events in the total private nonfarm economy were because

of organizational change (business ownership change and reorganization or restructuring of company), such

changes accounted for 52 percent of layoff events associated with work relocation and resulted in 5,392

separations during the first quarter. (See table 8.) Most of these were due to reorganization or restructuring

of company.

Among the regions, the Midwest accounted for the largest proportion of workers affected by extended

mass layoffs associated with the movement of work (29 percent), followed by the South (26 percent), the

Northeast (23 percent), and the West (22 percent). (See table 9.)

Some extended mass layoff events involve more than one relocation of work action. For example, an

extended mass layoff event at an establishment may involve job loss due to movement of work to both

another domestic location of the company and a location out of the country. This would be counted as two
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Nature of the recall I

2007

III

2006

IV

2006

II

2006

I

2006 r p

Percentage of events

r = revised.

p

 = prelimary.

Anticipate a recall ................... 43.1 59.6 42.4 56.7 41.9

 Timeframe

Within 6 months...................... 83.9 90.1 88.3 89.8 84.2

 Within 3 months.................. 55.2 62.0 68.8 38.9 53.2

 Size

At least half ............................ 88.0 93.7 90.6 93.5 87.1

 All workers ........................ 38.1 52.2 45.7 53.7 39.1

Table E. Summary of employer expectations of a recall from extended layoff,

first quarter 2006-first quarter 2007

movement of work actions. The 58 extended layoff events with movement of work for the first quarter of

2007 involved 71 identifiable relocations of work. (See table C.) An identifiable relocation of work occurs

when the employer provides sufficient information on the new location of work and/or the number of workers

affected by the movement. Of the 71 relocations, employers were able to provide information on the specific

number of separations associated with the movement of work component of the layoff in 53 actions involving

7,407 workers. Thus, a range of 7,407 (separations in movement of work actions where the employer was

able to provide specific detail) to 9,447 (total separations in all layoff events that included movement of

work) is established for separations due to the movement of work in the first quarter. (See table 10.)

In the 53 actions where employers were able to provide more complete separations information, 89

percent of relocations (47 out of 53) occurred among establishments within the same company. (See table

D.) In 74 percent of these relocations (35 out of 47), the work activities were reassigned to places

elsewhere in the U.S.

Twenty-three percent of the movement-of-work relocations involved out-of-country moves (12 out of

53). The separation of 1,830 workers was associated with out-of-country relocations, 2 percent of all

nonseasonal/nonvacation extended mass layoff separations. Domestic relocation of work—both within the

company and to other companies—affected 5,506 workers. (See table 11.)

Recall Expectations

Forty-two percent of employers reporting an extended layoff in the first quarter of 2007 indicated they

anticipated some type of recall, virtually the same as the 43 percent of employers who expected a recall

during the first quarter of 2006. (See table E.) Among establishments expecting a recall, most employers
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 Number Percent Number

Size

p = preliminary.

 Percent

Table F. Distribution of extended layoff events by size of layoff,

January-March 2007

 Layoff events Separations

p

 Total ........... 965 100.0 139,269 100.0

50-99 ............... 510 52.8 35,652 25.6

100-149 ........... 201 20.8 23,288 16.7

150-199 ........... 93 9.6 15,532 11.2

200-299 ........... 87 9.0 20,287 14.6

300-499 ........... 48 5.0 17,128 12.3

500-999 ........... 15 1.6 9,826 7.1

1,000 or more .. 11 1.1 17,556 12.6

anticipated recalling over one-half of the separated employees and to do so within 6 months. Thirty-nine

percent of the employers expected to extend the offer to all laid-off workers.

Excluding layoff events due to seasonal work and vacation period (in which 84 percent of the employers

expected a recall), employers anticipated recalling laid-off workers in 28 percent of the events. A year

earlier, 30 percent of employers expected a recall in nonseasonal and nonvacation events. In layoff events

due to organizational changes, employers anticipated a recall in only 5 percent of events.

Size of Extended Layoff

The average size of a layoff (as measured by separations per layoff event) in the first quarter of 2007

was 144 compared to 190 per layoff in 2006. The average differed widely by industry, ranging from a low

of 76 in amusement, gambling, and recreation industries to a high of 532 in nonstore retailers.

Layoff events during the first quarter of 2007 continued to be concentrated at the lower end of the

extended layoff-size spectrum, with 74 percent involving fewer than 150 workers, up from 67 percent a year

ago. Forty-two percent of all first quarter 2007 separations were in layoffs of this size compared to 31 percent in 2006. Separations involving 500 or more workers, while comprising 3 percent of the events, accounted for 20 percent of all separations, down from 33 percent in January-March 2006.

Initial Claimant Characteristics

A total of 122,595 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with extended mass

layoffs in the first quarter of 2007. Of these claimants, 14 percent were black, 18 percent were Hispanic,

35 percent were women, 37 percent were 30 to 44 years of age, and 16 percent were 55 years of age or

older. (See table 3.) Among persons in the civilian labor force for the same period, 11 percent were black,

14 percent were Hispanic, 47 percent were women, 34 percent were age 30 to 44, and 17 percent were 55

years of age or older.

Geographic Distribution

In the first quarter, the number of separations due to extended mass layoff events was highest in the

Midwest (44,882), followed by the West (43,583), the South (29,144), and the Northeast (21,660). (See
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Table G. Mass layoff events and separations, selected metropolitan areas

Metropolitan area I

2007

I

2006

I

2007

I

2006 p

Events Separations

r p r

1 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

r

 = revised.

p

 = preliminary.

NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in this table are

defined in Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 07-01, December 18, 2006.

Total, nonmetropolitan areas............................. 123 107 17,683 13,830

Total, 369 metropolitan areas........................... 551 558 92,520 75,784

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. ....... 37 58 7,521 8,639

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. . 49 70 5,665 8,588

Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind. ........... 3 4 273 4,498

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long

 Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. .............................. 64 31 6,993 3,740

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. ....... 24 30 3,720 2,855

Detriot-Warren-Livonia, Mich. ..................... 31 22 8,078 2,766

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. ........................................ 8 9 1,346 2,704

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. ..... 6 21 532 2,265

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville,

 Calif. ....................................................... 8 11 643 1,974

York-Hanover, Pa. ...................................... ( 1 ) 4 ( 1 ) 1,855

table 4.) Extended mass layoffs in the Midwest were mainly in transportation equipment manufacturing and

in administrative and support services.

All 4 regions reported over-the-year decreases in separations, with the largest decreases occurring in

the Midwest (-20,502), followed by the South (-11,478), the Northeast (-11,135), and the West (-705).

Six of the 9 geographic divisions reported over-the-year declines in laid-off workers, with the largest declines

occurring in the East North Central (-22,194) and South Atlantic (-10,723) divisions. The West North

Central division reported the largest increase in separations (+1,692), followed by the Pacific division

(+1,563).

Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the largest number of worker separations occurred in

California (35,159), followed by Illinois (15,558), Ohio (7,748), and Michigan (7,477). These four states

accounted for 51 percent of total layoff events and 47 percent of separations during the first quarter of 2007.

Other states with high numbers of separations were Pennsylvania (6,459), Kentucky (5,502), Florida

(4,800), and New Jersey (4,108). (See table 5.) After excluding the substantial impact of seasonal reasons,

California reported the most laid-off workers (25,116), largely due to layoffs in specialty trade contractors

and in heavy and civil engineering construction.
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Over the year, Michigan reported the greatest decrease in workers laid off for all reasons during the first

quarter (-11,570), followed by New York (-8,051) and Ohio (-6,447). The largest increases occurred in

California (+3,112), Missouri (+1,718), and Kentucky (+1,661).

Fifty-eight percent of extended layoff events and 54 percent of separations (75,784) occurred in metropolitan areas in the first quarter of 2007, compared with 57 percent of events and 51 percent of separations

(95,520) during the first quarter of 2006. Among the 369 metropolitan areas, Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-

Ind.-Wis., reported the highest number of separations (8,639) in the first quarter of 2007. Next were Los

Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., with 8,588 separations, and Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind.,

with 4,498 separations. (See table G.) Employers located in nonmetropolitan areas separated 13,830

workers in extended mass layoffs, down from 17,683 workers in the first quarter of 2006.

Note

The quarterly series on extended mass layoffs cover layoffs of at least 31-days duration that involve 50

or more individuals from a single establishment filing initial claims for unemployment insurance during a consecutive 5-week period. Approximately 30 days after a mass layoff is triggered at an establishment, the

employer is contacted for additional information. Data for the first quarter are preliminary and subject to

revision. This release also includes revised data for previous quarters. Data are not seasonally adjusted, but

survey data suggest that there is a seasonal pattern to layoffs. Thus, comparisons between consecutive

quarters should not be used as an indicator of trend.

For additional information about the program, see the Technical Note.

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The report on Mass Layoffs in April 2007 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, May 23.
Technical Note

The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state

program which identifies, describes, and tracks the effects of

major job cutbacks, using data from each state’s unemployment

insurance database. Establishments which have at least 50

initial claims filed against them during a consecutive 5-week

period are contacted by the state agency to determine whether

these separations are of at least 31 days duration, and, if so,

information is obtained on the total number of persons

separated and the reasons for these separations.

Establishments are identified according to industry

classification and location, and unemployment insurance

claimants are identified by such demographic factors as age,

race, gender, ethnic group, and place of residence. The program

yields information on an individual’s entire spell of

unemployment, to the point when regular unemployment

insurance benefits are exhausted.

Definitions

Establishment. A unit at a single physical location at which

predominantly one type of economic activity is conducted.

Extended layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for

unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment during

a 5-week period, with at least 50 workers separated for more than

30 days.

Initial claimant. A person who files any notice of

unemployment to initiate a request either for a determination of

entitlement to and eligibility for compensation, or for a

subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or

period of eligibility.

Layoff. The separation of persons from an employer as part

of a mass layoff event. (See below.) Such layoffs involve both

persons subject to recall and those who are terminated by the

establishment.

Mass layoff. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment

insurance benefits from an establishment beginning in a given

month, regardless of duration.

Worksite closure. The complete closure of either multi-unit

or single-unit establishments or the partial closure of a multiunit establishment where entire worksites affected by layoffs

are closed or planned to be closed.

Movement of work concepts and questions

Because of the employer interview component, the BLS

decided to use the MLS program as a vehicle for collecting

additional information on offshoring and outsourcing

associated with job loss, by adding questions that address

movement of work. The term “moving work” means that the

company experiencing the layoff has reassigned work activities

that were performed at a worksite by the company’s employees

(1) to another worksite within the company; (2) to another

company under formal arrangements at the same worksite; or (3)

to another company under formal arrangements at another

worksite. The type of work activities subject to movement can

include accounting, customer service, cleaning, warehousing, etc.

 “Overseas relocation” is the movement of work from within

the U.S. to locations outside of the U.S. “Overseas relocation”

can occur within the same company and involve movement of

work to a different location of that company outside of the U.S.,

or to a different company altogether.

“Domestic relocation” is the movement of work to other

locations inside the U.S., either within the same company or to

a different company.

 “Overseas relocation” and “domestic relocation” are no

longer used in the same way as they were in earlier extended

mass layoff news releases. Therefore, the data presented in this

news release are not comparable to those that were presented

in earlier news releases.

 Questions on movement of work and location are asked for

all identified layoff events when the reason for separation is

other than “seasonal work” or “vacation period.” Seasonal and

vacation layoff events were excluded because movement of

work appears unlikely.

Questions on movement of work are asked after the analyst

verifies that a layoff in fact occurred and lasted more than 30

days, and obtained the total number of workers separated from

jobs, the date the layoff began, and the economic reason for the

layoff. If the reason for layoff is other than seasonal or vacation,

the employer was asked the following:

(1) “Did this layoff include your company moving work from

this location(s) to a different geographic location(s) within your

company?”

(2) “Did this layoff include your company moving work that

was performed in-house by your employees to a different

company, through contractual arrangements?”

A “yes” response to either question is followed by:

“Is the location inside or outside of the U.S.?” and “How

many of the layoffs were a result of this relocation?”

Layoff actions are classified as “overseas relocation” if the

employer responds “yes” to questions 1 and/or 2, and indicates

that the location(s) was outside of the U.S. Domestic relocation

is determined if the employer responds “yes” to questions 1

and/or 2 and indicates that the location(s) was within the U.S.

After asking the movement of work questions, the employer

interview continues and responses are obtained for questions

on recall expectations and open/closed status of the worksite.

Reliability of the data

The identification of establishments and layoff events in the

MLS program and associated characteristics of claimants is
based on administrative data on covered establishments and

unemployment insurance claims, and, therefore, is not subject

to issues associated with sampling error. Nonsampling errors

such as typographical errors may occur but are not likely to be

significant. While the MLS establishments and layoff events

are not subject to sampling error, and all such employers are

asked the employer interview questions, the employer

responses are subject to nonsampling error. Nonsampling error

can occur for many reasons, including the inability to obtain

information for all respondents, inability or unwillingness of

respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in

the collection or processing of the data. For the first quarter of

2007, outright refusal to participate in the employer interview

accounted for 4.2 percent of all private nonfarm events.

Although included in the total number of instances involving

the movement of work, for the first quarter, employers in 18

relocations were unable to provide the number of separations

specifically associated with the movement of work, 7 of which

involved out-of-country moves.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to sensory

impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200;

TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.
Table 1. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

Industry

I IV I I IV I I IV I

 2006r 2006r 2007p 2006r 2006r 2007p 2006r 2006r 2007p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 963 1,640 965 183,089 296,578 139,269 193,510 330,124 122,595 

 Mining ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 29 7 379 4,632 843 276 4,798 550 

 Utilities ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 454 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 517 ( 2 ) 

 Construction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 192 567 281 21,341 72,481 27,457 25,865 87,619 27,660 

 Manufacturing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 301 479 314 63,136 93,789 51,424 77,201 130,403 46,742 

 Food ..................................................................................................................................................................... 58 78 53 10,916 18,402 8,919 12,300 20,256 6,727 

 Beverage and tobacco products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 11 9 1,515 971 1,084 1,540 1,065 1,115 

 Textile mills ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 13 10 849 2,504 1,715 1,001 3,135 2,082 

 Textile product mills ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 6 4 285 743 441 496 1,370 432 

 Apparel ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 9 12 2,290 836 1,333 2,355 892 1,050 

 Leather and allied products ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 408 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 227 ( 2 ) 

 Wood products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 44 19 1,255 5,134 3,185 1,680 7,963 4,018 

 Paper ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 6 8 951 631 900 896 689 790 

 Printing and related support activities ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 8 11 1,252 1,004 1,605 1,245 1,192 1,116 

 Petroleum and coal products ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 20 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,931 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 3,146 ( 2 ) 

 Chemicals ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 4 8 758 521 1,475 670 439 800 

 Plastics and rubber products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 24 14 2,475 3,838 1,736 2,834 4,514 1,286 

 Nonmetallic mineral products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 39 28 1,426 6,319 2,965 1,713 7,585 2,806 

 Primary metals ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 16 9 4,769 1,678 1,216 3,834 2,187 1,217 

 Fabricated metal products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 28 15 1,595 3,512 1,731 1,950 4,387 1,858 

 Machinery ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19 20 12 3,066 2,563 1,104 1,738 3,922 980 

 Computer and electronic products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 20 20 2,740 5,912 2,983 4,276 3,204 1,925 

 Electrical equipment and appliances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 14 5 3,680 4,492 516 3,772 7,301 624 

 Transportation equipment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 36 84 46 20,360 25,955 14,722 32,035 51,834 14,662 

 Furniture and related products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 23 22 1,557 3,333 2,816 1,688 3,535 2,479 

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 9 4 892 2,102 555 737 1,560 281 

 Wholesale trade ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 26 13 2,279 3,140 1,933 1,488 3,145 1,111 

 Retail trade ..................................................................................................................................................................... 115 70 77 35,129 27,329 19,017 28,474 22,419 13,443 

 Transportation and warehousing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 33 30 11,616 4,964 4,233 9,559 4,833 3,838 

 Information ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28 23 11 4,212 2,724 1,080 6,204 4,141 1,198 

 Finance and insurance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 52 46 4,696 11,269 6,580 4,835 7,948 5,318 

 Real estate and rental and leasing ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 5 6 ( 2 ) 401 945 ( 2 ) 412 736 

 Professional and technical services ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28 33 22 3,619 5,434 4,305 4,841 7,114 3,562 

 Management of companies and enterprises ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 6 5 680 1,182 833 614 1,129 425 

 Administrative and waste services ..................................................................................................................................................................... 99 165 64 20,682 30,030 9,654 20,099 31,236 8,970 

 Educational services ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 266 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 458 ( 2 ) 

 Health care and social assistance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 20 16 2,626 3,348 2,214 2,036 2,512 1,456 

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23 41 20 3,432 13,589 2,260 2,853 5,283 1,868 

 Accommodation and food services ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46 73 44 7,386 20,071 5,378 7,612 14,751 4,958 

 Other services, except public administration ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 12 6 866 1,475 703 653 1,406 411 

 Unclassified ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – – – – –

 

 1 For the fourth quarter of 2006, data on layoffs were reported by employers r

 = revised.

in all states and the District of Columbia. 

p

 = preliminary.

 

2

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

Separations Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance Layoff events
Table 2. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

Reason for layoff

I IV I I IV I I IV I

 2006r 2006r 20071,p 2006r 2006r 20071,p 2006r 2006r 20071,p 

 Total, private nonfarm2 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 963 1,640 965 183,089 296,578 139,269 193,510 330,124 122,595 

Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 361 565 392 55,599 81,305 50,621 67,797 135,498 49,225 

 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 19 19 2,233 2,159 2,580 2,735 2,309 1,880 

 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 214 312 180 30,849 41,797 21,122 36,773 58,154 21,640 

 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) 7 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 885 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 714 

 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) 14 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 3,344 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 3,368 

 Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 22 22 1,398 3,245 2,474 1,367 3,208 2,029 

 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal

 business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 122 212 150 21,119 34,104 20,216 26,922 71,827 19,594 

Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 147 143 102 37,440 36,114 15,737 41,240 29,846 10,810 

 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 25 24 8,755 11,277 4,677 7,517 4,546 2,438 

 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 116 118 78 28,685 24,837 11,060 33,723 25,300 8,372 

Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 60 64 87 14,501 14,069 17,188 12,922 11,466 13,141 

 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 15 11 3,999 2,229 2,216 3,158 1,813 1,519 

 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) 49 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 10,890 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 8,367 

 Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 42 49 27 10,502 11,840 4,082 9,764 9,653 3,255 

Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 28 20 9,500 9,168 3,458 7,439 5,234 4,182 

 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) 3 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 271 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 353 ( 4 )

 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... – ( 4

 ) – – ( 4 ) – – ( 4 ) –

 Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) 4 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 568 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 342 

 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ( 4

 ) ( 4 ) 6,470 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 3,969 ( 4 ) ( 4 )

 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... – ( 4

 ) 9 – ( 4 ) 791 – ( 4 ) 941 

 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ( 4

 ) – 610 ( 4 ) – 362 ( 4 ) –

 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) 7 3 ( 4 ) 1,714 249 ( 4 ) 1,094 177 

 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 11 ( 4

 ) 1,728 4,329 ( 4 ) 2,290 1,929 ( 4 )

Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 38 8 20 4,111 733 1,639 4,208 1,249 1,389 

 Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... – ( 4

 ) ( 4 ) – ( 4 ) ( 4 ) – ( 4 ) ( 4 )

 Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) – ( 4 ) ( 4 ) – ( 4 ) ( 4 ) – ( 4 )

 Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – ( 4

 ) – – ( 4 ) – – ( 4 )

 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) ( 4 ) 16 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 1,290 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 1,107 

Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 248 697 235 41,641 129,532 35,929 41,288 119,417 29,277 

 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) 691 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 128,648 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 118,700 ( 4 )

 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) 6 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 884 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 717 ( 4 )

Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 87 135 109 20,297 25,657 14,697 18,616 27,414 14,571 

 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 18 5 3,227 3,699 722 2,477 5,513 566 

 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 45 49 42 12,339 9,983 6,930 12,557 9,983 6,927 

 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 68 62 4,731 11,975 7,045 3,582 11,918 7,078 

 

1

 Beginning with data for the first quarter 2007, the collection and presentation 

2

 See footnote 1, table 1.

of data on economic reasons for extended mass layoffs were improved. Clearer 

3

 Use of this reason began with the first quarter 2007 data.

definitions and titles for many current reasons were introduced and four new 

4

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

reasons were added. Therefore, these data are not strictly comparable to previous 

r

 = revised.

quarters. For additional information on the changes to MLS reasons, including 

p

 = preliminary.

detailed definitions of each reason and a crosswalk of the old to the new reasons, NOTE: Dash represents zero.

please see http://www.bls.gov/mls/home.htm.

Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance
Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 

private nonfarm sector, fourth quarter, 2006 and first quarter, 2007

Total Percent of total

State

Layoff events initial

claimants Black Hispanic

origin Women Persons age 55and over

IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I

 2006r 2007p 2006r 2007p 2006r 2007p 2006r 2007p 2006r 2007p 2006r 2007p 

 Total, private nonfarm1

 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,640 965 330,124 122,595 13.2 14.4 15.2 18.4 30.0 35.0 16.7 15.6 

Alabama ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 8 2,721 1,021 42.5 45.9 2.7 5.7 40.4 52.3 18.0 22.7 

Alaska ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 – 2,088 – 3.7 – 17.8 – 23.9 – 17.5 –

Arizona ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3 524 230 5.9 2.6 36.3 7.0 58.8 37.4 19.7 8.7 

Arkansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ( 2

 ) 1,361 ( 2 ) 25.6 34.0 1.6 4.6 41.5 52.6 22.9 15.5 

California ..................................................................................................................................................................... 288 285 50,110 33,620 6.9 9.2 41.9 40.8 35.9 36.5 14.4 13.2 

Colorado ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 7 2,316 558 3.1 3.4 40.7 43.5 20.3 15.9 22.7 14.2 

Connecticut ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 6 1,687 1,286 7.1 12.4 4.9 12.4 23.2 55.9 21.3 11.2 

Delaware ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

District of Columbia ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) – ( 2 ) – 40.1 – 17.3 – 62.4 – 21.3 –

Florida ..................................................................................................................................................................... 82 31 14,812 3,869 13.0 15.2 30.4 33.5 36.5 28.0 16.2 17.9 

Georgia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 14 4,233 2,249 59.0 49.3 1.2 5.0 41.4 48.8 16.1 18.8 

Hawaii ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 ( 2

 ) 794 ( 2 ) 4.3 13.0 24.1 27.4 19.3 41.9 8.7 15.9 

Idaho ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 4 1,818 331 .3 1.2 11.7 6.0 18.3 44.7 16.8 14.8 

Illinois ..................................................................................................................................................................... 181 94 30,596 10,221 14.6 24.0 20.7 15.4 25.3 39.2 13.8 15.6 

Indiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48 24 9,943 3,464 7.9 7.1 3.9 3.6 26.6 23.4 14.2 12.1 

Iowa ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 6 5,238 769 2.0 2.0 3.2 13.3 25.7 41.0 14.7 13.7 

Kansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 ( 2

 ) 1,372 ( 2 ) 5.8 30.0 7.2 2.7 15.0 32.2 17.6 16.1 

Kentucky ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23 13 2,645 3,239 4.9 12.1 .2 .3 30.1 22.0 15.8 11.6 

Louisiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 4 1,151 376 55.8 60.9 1.9 .5 28.8 29.0 12.8 21.8 

Maine ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 9 1,293 823 1.2 1.3 .5 .2 30.9 40.3 19.1 24.9 

Maryland ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 12 3,088 1,007 38.2 42.9 1.0 .2 40.5 25.2 18.6 20.5 

Massachusetts ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24 19 3,717 1,789 9.4 9.2 3.1 .3 39.0 33.5 21.9 18.2 

Michigan ..................................................................................................................................................................... 105 55 47,949 7,227 25.2 13.9 4.5 3.8 26.0 29.6 16.7 13.3 

Minnesota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 83 22 13,355 2,643 2.9 1.3 9.1 2.1 16.0 21.3 16.3 13.6 

Mississippi ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 8 594 716 74.6 81.1 .7 1.0 29.8 51.1 18.2 12.4 

Missouri ..................................................................................................................................................................... 36 18 6,167 1,968 12.2 22.2 .3 .3 39.3 38.0 23.5 12.2 

Montana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 ( 2

 ) 1,727 ( 2 ) .2 1.8 1.8 1.8 9.7 21.1 18.2 28.1 

Nebraska ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) – ( 2 ) – .5 – 9.2 – 7.1 – 22.8 –

Nevada ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 9 1,328 1,186 15.0 8.7 23.3 24.9 49.9 41.2 31.6 24.9 

New Hampshire ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ( 2

 ) 540 ( 2 ) 1.1 1.5 .9 3.0 11.5 44.0 26.5 6.7 

New Jersey ..................................................................................................................................................................... 45 27 7,092 3,002 15.8 16.5 13.3 12.2 41.0 46.8 21.1 25.0 

New Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3 1,501 174 4.4 .6 53.2 64.9 45.2 40.8 14.3 20.1 

New York ..................................................................................................................................................................... 105 35 19,966 3,625 9.2 7.8 8.6 15.3 28.1 25.7 20.2 21.0 

North Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 19 1,441 3,614 39.1 43.9 3.3 2.5 47.6 43.8 22.2 19.9 

North Dakota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 – 982 – – – 2.6 – 6.4 – 19.1 –

Ohio ..................................................................................................................................................................... 96 55 18,386 7,119 10.5 10.4 3.1 2.7 24.2 29.1 13.7 12.8 

Oklahoma ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ( 2

 ) 1,360 ( 2 ) 19.8 12.2 5.7 33.2 22.9 46.7 12.3 24.0 

Oregon ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19 10 6,215 1,551 .5 .6 27.6 38.6 38.7 48.9 18.7 17.5 

Pennsylvania ..................................................................................................................................................................... 91 61 23,746 10,029 6.3 5.9 2.1 3.4 32.5 29.4 19.9 18.0 

Rhode Island ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2.2 .6 9.3 29.4 4.9 37.5 15.9 23.1 

South Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 5 1,571 443 64.4 77.0 .3 – 51.6 63.7 4.6 7.9 

South Dakota ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2.8 – 8.5 4.9 7.0 8.2 12.7 27.9 

Tennessee ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 6 1,390 386 15.6 30.6 – 1.0 47.8 41.5 28.3 20.2 

Texas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34 20 6,822 2,578 21.0 20.2 39.4 39.3 33.2 47.6 12.7 15.7 

Utah ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 5 1,243 470 .8 2.8 12.8 18.5 15.6 36.2 13.0 4.7 

Vermont ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 ( 2

 ) 472 ( 2 ) .2 – – – 15.7 23.6 24.2 19.1 

Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 16 4,049 4,082 39.2 22.0 2.4 1.7 36.9 34.5 17.9 18.0 

Washington ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 13 2,823 1,626 2.8 4.1 21.6 19.7 28.8 51.0 17.4 15.0 

West Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 ( 2

 ) 1,636 ( 2 ) 1.2 – – – 28.7 2.4 18.0 12.2 

Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 74 24 15,377 3,546 2.4 6.2 9.7 13.4 26.3 29.3 17.5 21.0 

Wyoming ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) – ( 2 ) – .8 – .4 – 45.9 – 53.7 –

Puerto Rico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 12 2,916 2,171 ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 53.8 59.5 8.1 5.6 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. r

 = revised.

 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p

 = preliminary.

 3 Data are not available. NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

Census region and division

Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance

I IV I I IV I I IV I

 2006r 2006r 2007p 2006r 2006r 2007p 2006r 2006r 2007p 

 United States1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 963 1,640 965 183,089 296,578 139,269 193,510 330,124 122,595 

Northeast ..................................................................................................................................................................... 216 293 161 32,795 45,197 21,660 42,842 58,695 21,005 

 New England ..................................................................................................................................................................... 42 52 38 10,545 9,957 6,996 7,103 7,891 4,349 

 Middle Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 174 241 123 22,250 35,240 14,664 35,739 50,804 16,656 

South ..................................................................................................................................................................... 210 279 161 40,622 50,068 29,144 36,723 49,076 24,126 

 South Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 124 171 99 25,687 32,136 14,964 24,365 31,032 15,387 

 East South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53 55 35 9,056 8,514 9,740 6,709 7,350 5,362 

 West South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 53 27 5,879 9,418 4,440 5,649 10,694 3,377 

Midwest ..................................................................................................................................................................... 289 657 301 65,384 131,099 44,882 72,822 149,620 37,391 

 East North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 243 504 252 59,266 105,524 37,072 66,775 122,251 31,577 

 West North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46 153 49 6,118 25,575 7,810 6,047 27,369 5,814 

West ..................................................................................................................................................................... 248 411 342 44,288 70,214 43,583 41,123 72,733 40,073 

 Mountain ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27 68 32 5,835 14,289 3,567 3,078 10,703 3,006 

 Pacific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 221 343 310 38,453 55,925 40,016 38,045 62,030 37,067 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and 

 r = revised. Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and

 p = preliminary. Texas: East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin;

 NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North

census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,

New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California,

New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and
Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

State

I IV I I IV I I IV I

 2006r 2006r 2007p 2006r 2006r 2007p 2006r 2006r 2007p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 963 1,640 965 183,089 296,578 139,269 193,510 330,124 122,595 

Alabama ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 15 8 907 3,183 1,442 1,018 2,721 1,021 

Alaska ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 12 – ( 2 ) 4,548 – ( 2 ) 2,088 –

Arizona ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 4 3 1,202 554 222 733 524 230 

Arkansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 5 ( 2

 ) – 2,407 ( 2 ) – 1,361 ( 2 ) 

California ..................................................................................................................................................................... 185 288 285 32,047 40,439 35,159 33,326 50,110 33,620 

Colorado ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 17 7 2,379 3,067 567 927 2,316 558 

Connecticut ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 9 6 5,405 2,135 1,775 3,334 1,687 1,286 

Delaware ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – – – – –

District of Columbia ..................................................................................................................................................................... – ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) –

Florida ..................................................................................................................................................................... 52 82 31 10,230 16,355 4,800 8,904 14,812 3,869 

Georgia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 22 14 2,442 2,811 2,115 2,715 4,233 2,249 

Hawaii ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 6 ( 2

 ) 464 836 ( 2 ) 451 794 ( 2 ) 

Idaho ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 13 4 430 1,800 476 397 1,818 331 

Illinois ..................................................................................................................................................................... 76 181 94 16,954 33,328 15,558 14,642 30,596 10,221 

Indiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 48 24 3,698 8,264 2,579 4,066 9,943 3,464 

Iowa ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 17 6 ( 2 ) 1,448 1,034 ( 2 ) 5,238 769 

Kansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 9 ( 2

 ) 550 1,096 ( 2 ) 431 1,372 ( 2 ) 

Kentucky ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 23 13 3,841 2,959 5,502 2,909 2,645 3,239 

Louisiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 9 4 2,618 2,143 445 1,356 1,151 376 

Maine ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 8 9 1,457 1,459 2,760 963 1,293 823 

Maryland ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 20 12 1,707 2,280 987 1,712 3,088 1,007 

Massachusetts ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 24 19 2,664 5,215 1,841 1,957 3,717 1,789 

Michigan ..................................................................................................................................................................... 71 105 55 19,047 25,368 7,477 33,490 47,949 7,227 

Minnesota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23 83 22 2,811 12,921 2,999 3,002 13,355 2,643 

Mississippi ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 5 8 920 702 2,119 787 594 716 

Missouri ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 36 18 1,774 8,607 3,492 1,813 6,167 1,968 

Montana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 12 ( 2

 ) 257 1,676 ( 2 ) 257 1,727 ( 2 ) 

Nebraska ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ( 2

 ) – 566 ( 2 ) – 445 ( 2 ) –

Nevada ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 3 9 ( 2 ) 1,139 1,317 ( 2 ) 1,328 1,186 

New Hampshire ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 5 ( 2

 ) 286 490 ( 2 ) 286 540 ( 2 ) 

New Jersey ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 45 27 3,666 9,711 4,108 2,581 7,092 3,002 

New Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 9 3 ( 2 ) 1,501 205 ( 2 ) 1,501 174 

New York ..................................................................................................................................................................... 98 105 35 12,148 13,690 4,097 18,521 19,966 3,625 

North Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 12 19 2,053 1,086 2,489 2,831 1,441 3,614 

North Dakota ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 5 – – 1,128 – – 982 –

Ohio ..................................................................................................................................................................... 45 96 55 14,195 22,570 7,748 9,205 18,386 7,119 

Oklahoma ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 5 ( 2

 ) 339 603 ( 2 ) 500 1,360 ( 2 ) 

Oregon ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 19 10 2,604 7,514 1,957 1,000 6,215 1,551 

Pennsylvania ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59 91 61 6,436 11,839 6,459 14,637 23,746 10,029 

Rhode Island ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) 472 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 401 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

South Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 9 5 1,067 1,713 564 1,182 1,571 443 

South Dakota ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

Tennessee ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 12 6 3,388 1,670 677 1,995 1,390 386 

Texas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 34 20 2,922 4,265 3,313 3,793 6,822 2,578 

Utah ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 8 5 430 1,507 721 296 1,243 470 

Vermont ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 472 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 472 ( 2 ) 

Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 17 16 7,235 6,673 3,867 6,620 4,049 4,082 

Washington ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24 18 13 3,255 2,588 2,553 3,185 2,823 1,626 

West Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 7 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,016 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,636 ( 2 ) 

Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26 74 24 5,372 15,994 3,710 5,372 15,377 3,546 

Wyoming ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

Puerto Rico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 14 12 1,231 2,038 902 3,497 2,916 2,171 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. p

 = preliminary.

 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 r = revised.

Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance
Table 6. Information technology-producing industries: Extended mass layoff events and separations, private nonfarm sector, 2000-2007

2000

First quarter ........................................... 1,081 202,500 22 5,195 14 2,717 9 1,402 4 771 

Second quarter ..................................... 1,055 205,861 18 8,862 22 9,114 7 805 7 977 

Third quarter ......................................... 817 174,628 10 1,678 12 1,422 4 1,465 6 1,280 

Fourth quarter ....................................... 1,638 332,973 16 3,070 22 3,521 5 946 7 1,020 

 Total .................................................. 4,591 915,962 66 18,805 70 16,774 25 4,618 24 4,048 

2001

First quarter ........................................... 1,546 304,171 91 20,991 44 7,963 22 4,441 24 5,312 

Second quarter ..................................... 1,828 430,499 161 38,986 87 12,943 36 12,109 28 6,386 

Third quarter ......................................... 1,629 330,391 142 24,813 55 6,820 39 8,200 36 7,134 

Fourth quarter ....................................... 2,372 459,771 109 17,797 56 8,290 43 10,124 48 11,252 

 Total .................................................. 7,375 1,524,832 503 102,587 242 36,016 140 34,874 136 30,084 

2002

First quarter ........................................... 1,611 299,266 84 18,574 39 4,442 32 8,192 42 6,664 

Second quarter ..................................... 1,624 344,606 69 11,764 49 5,454 27 4,870 53 8,538 

Third quarter ......................................... 1,186 255,152 76 15,017 42 5,415 34 6,529 42 7,945 

Fourth quarter ....................................... 1,916 373,307 74 14,298 32 7,071 19 3,645 39 8,987 

 Total .................................................. 6,337 1,272,331 303 59,653 162 22,382 112 23,236 176 32,134 

2003

First quarter ........................................... 1,502 286,947 71 11,900 33 5,689 23 4,402 41 6,591 

Second quarter ..................................... 1,799 368,273 54 9,221 27 4,124 21 3,098 29 5,891 

Third quarter ......................................... 1,190 236,333 46 6,488 26 4,433 9 1,289 15 2,604 

Fourth quarter ....................................... 1,690 325,333 25 5,080 14 1,984 9 1,619 28 6,635 

 Total .................................................. 6,181 1,216,886 196 32,689 100 16,230 62 10,408 113 21,721 

2004

First quarter ........................................... 1,339 276,503 27 3,222 16 2,992 8 894 23 4,197 

Second quarter ..................................... 1,358 278,831 18 2,959 21 3,576 – – 22 5,295 

Third quarter ......................................... 886 164,608 13 2,288 15 1,617 4 430 13 4,317 

Fourth quarter ....................................... 1,427 273,967 18 3,055 10 1,547 4 563 23 3,457 

 Total .................................................. 5,010 993,909 76 11,524 62 9,732 16 1,887 81 17,266 

2005

First quarter ........................................... 1,142 186,506 13 1,526 13 2,679 4 439 17 3,569 

Second quarter ..................................... 1,203 246,099 20 2,973 17 2,106 4 842 11 1,904 

Third quarter ......................................... 1,136 201,878 23 3,307 12 1,742 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) 11 1,127 

Fourth quarter ....................................... 1,400 250,178 19 4,122 7 1,331 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) 8 1,125 

 Total .................................................. 4,881 884,661 75 11,928 49 7,858 13 3,000 47 7,725 

2006

First quarter ........................................... 963 183,089 12 1,159 6 744 ( 6

 ) ( 6 ) 7 833 

Second quarter ..................................... 1,353 r 295,886 10 3,294 9 1,723 8 988 7 1,252 

Third quarter ......................................... 929 r 160,252 14 3,544 9 699 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) 11 1,831 

Fourth quarterr ...................................... 1,640 296,578 12 4,039 6 896 5 1,481 9 1,017 

 Totalr

 ................................................. 4,885 935,805 48 12,036 30 4,062 19 3,752 34 4,933 

2007

First quarterp

 ......................................... 965 139,269 17 1,937 5 617 3 415 ( 6

 ) ( 6 ) 

 1 Information technology-producing industries are defined in Digital Economy 2003 , services; computer systems design services; computer facilities management

Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. services; other computer related services; office equipment rental and leasing;

 2 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry and computer and office machine repair.

Classification System (NAICS), are: semiconductor machinery manufacturing; office 4

 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American 

machinery manufacturing; electronic computer manufacturing; computer storage Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: telephone apparatus manufacturing;

device manufacturing; computer terminal manufacturing; other computer peripheral audio and video equipment manufacturing; broadcast and wireless communications

equipment mfg.; electron tube manufacturing; bare printed circuit board manufacturing; equip.; fiber optic cable manufacturing; software reproducing; and magnetic and

semiconductors and related device mfg.; electronic capacitor manufacturing; electronic optical recording media mfg.

resistor manufacturing; electronic coils, transformers, and inductors; electronic 5

 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American 

connector manufacturing; printed circuit assembly manufacturing; other electronic Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: wired telecommunications carriers;

component manufacturing; industrial process variable instruments; electricity and signal cellular and other wireless carriers; telecommunications resellers; cable and other

testing instruments; analytical laboratory instrument mfg.; computer and software program distribution; satellite telecommunications; other telecommunications;

merchant wholesalers; and computer and software stores. and communication equipment repair.

 3

 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry 6 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 

Classification System (NAICS), are: software publishers; internet service providers; NOTE: Dash represents zero.

web search portals; data processing and related services; computer and software r

 = revised. 

merchant wholesalers; computer and software stores; custom computer programming p

 = preliminary. 

Layoff

events

equipment4 services5

Layoff

events

Layoff

events

Software and Communications Communications

Separations Layoff

events Separations

Year

Separations Separations Separations

hardware2 computer services3

Layoff

events

Total extended

mass layoffs

Information technology-producing industries 1

Computer
Table 7. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,

selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

I IV I I IV I

2006 2006r 2007p 2006 2006r 2007p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53 69 58 10,519 15,782 9,447 

 Mining ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 ) 

 Utilities ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Construction ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Manufacturing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 39 50 43 7,646 12,775 7,043 

 Food ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3 3 1,230 559 304 

 Beverage and tobacco products ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) 

 Textile mills ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 4 – – 1,120 –

 Textile product mills ..................................................................................................................................................................... – ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Apparel ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 ( 2

 ) 8 636 ( 2 ) 1,023 

 Leather and allied products ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Wood products ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 ) 

 Paper ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) – 3 ( 2 ) – 405 

 Printing and related support activities ..................................................................................................................................................................... – ( 2

 ) 4 – ( 2 ) 667 

 Petroleum and coal products ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Chemicals ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) 

 Plastics and rubber products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3 ( 2

 ) 508 468 ( 2 ) 

 Nonmetallic mineral products ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Primary metals ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Fabricated metal products ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 3 ( 2

 ) – 525 ( 2 ) 

 Machinery ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 515 ( 2 ) 

 Computer and electronic products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) 820 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Electrical equipment and appliances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 7 ( 2

 ) 756 3,198 ( 2 ) 

 Transportation equipment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 9 5 417 1,664 775 

 Furniture and related products ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3 ( 2

 ) 502 842 ( 2 ) 

 Wholesale trade ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) 432 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Retail trade ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

 Transportation and warehousing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3 3 581 754 538 

 Information ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Finance and insurance ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 7 4 ( 2 ) 1,028 985 

 Real estate and rental and leasing ..................................................................................................................................................................... – ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 ) –

 Professional and technical services ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

 Management of companies and enterprises ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 ) 

 Administrative and waste services ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 3 ( 2

 ) – 427 ( 2 ) 

 Educational services ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Health care and social assistance ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

 Accommodation and food services ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Other services, except public administration ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 ) 

 Unclassified ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. p = preliminary.

 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 r = revised.

Layoff events Separations

Industry
Table 8. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, 

selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

Reason for layoff

I IV I I IV I

 2006r 2006r 20071,p 2006r 2006r 20071,p 

 Total, private nonfarm2 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53 69 58 10,519 15,782 9,447 

Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 12 ( 3

 ) 1,863 2,129 ( 3 )

 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 )

 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) – ( 3 ) ( 3 ) –

 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 )

 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 )

 Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 7 9 496 1,463 1,120 

 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal

 business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) 809 ( 3 ) ( 3 )

Organizational changes ............................................................................................................................................................... 30 43 30 6,799 8,340 5,392 

 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) 5 5 ( 3 ) 1,160 1,701 

 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) 38 25 ( 3 ) 7,180 3,691 

Financial issues ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 ( 3

 ) 13 822 ( 3 ) 2,058 

 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) – ( 3 ) ( 3 ) – ( 3 )

 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 )

 Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) – ( 3 ) ( 3 ) –

Production specific ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 8 ( 3

 ) 450 4,016 ( 3 )

 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 4

 ) ( 4 ) – ( 4 ) ( 4 ) –

 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 8 ( 3

 ) 450 4,016 ( 3 )

Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) 585 ( 3 ) ( 3 )

 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ( 3

 ) ( 3 ) 585 ( 3 ) ( 3 )

 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – –

 

1

 See footnote 1, table 2. 

r

 = revised.

 

2

 See footnote 1, table 1. 

p

 = preliminary.

 

3

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 

4

 Use of this reason began with the first quarter 2007 data.

Layoff events Separations
Table 9. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,

selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

Census region and division

Layoff events Separations

I IV I I IV I

2006 2006r 2007p 2006 2006r 2007p 

 United States1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53 69 58 10,519 15,782 9,447 

Northeast ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 10 13 2,821 2,006 2,141 

 New England ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) 1,259 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Middle Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) 1,562 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

South ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19 20 21 3,965 5,292 2,461 

 South Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 10 14 ( 2 ) 2,086 1,547 

 East South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 7 ( 2

 ) 2,821 1,206 ( 2 ) 

 West South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,000 ( 2 ) 

Midwest ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 28 16 2,299 5,933 2,781 

 East North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 20 13 1,539 4,469 2,416 

 West North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 8 3 760 1,464 365 

West ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 11 8 1,434 2,551 2,064 

 Mountain ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ( 2

 ) 3 360 ( 2

 ) 686 

 Pacific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 ( 2

 ) 5 1,074 ( 2 ) 1,378 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South 

 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, 

 r = revised. Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas,

 p = preliminary. Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas: East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, 

 NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, 

 the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massa- Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: 

chusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and 

New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
Table 10. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

I IV I I IV I

2006 2006r

 2007p 2006 2006r 2007p

Total, private nonfarm1

 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 963 1,640 965 183,089 296,578 139,269 

 Total, excluding seasonal

 and vacation events2 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 715 943 722 141,448 167,046 102,767 

 Total, movement of work3 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53 69 58 10,519 15,782 9,447 

 Movement of work actions ..................................................................................................................................................................... 80 94 71 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 )

 With separations reported ..................................................................................................................................................................... 51 66 53 7,080 10,462 7,407 

 With separations unknown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 29 28 18 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 )

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 4 Data are not available.

 2 The question on movement of work were not asked of employers r = revised.

when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. p = preliminary.

 3 Movement of work can involve more than one action.

Layoff events Separations

Action
Table 11. Movement of work actions by type of separation where number of separations is known by employers,

selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

I IV I I IV I

2006 2006r

 2007p 2006 2006r 2007p

With separations reported2 .............................................. 51 66 53 7,080 10,462 7,407 

By location

 Out-of-country relocations .............................................. 22 27 12 2,682 5,581 1,830 

 Within company ...................................................................................... 17 24 11 2,408 5,426 1,781 

 Different company ........................................................................................... 5 3 1 274 155 49 

 Domestic relocations .......................................................................................... 29 39 40 4,398 4,881 5,506 

 Within company ......................................................................................... 24 35 35 3,873 4,494 4,466 

 Different company .......................................................................................... 5 4 5 525 387 1,040 

 Unable to assign place of 

 relocation ........................................................................................... – – 1 – – 71 

By company

 Within company .......................................................................................... 41 59 47 6,281 9,920 6,318 

 Domestic .......................................................................................... 24 35 35 3,873 4,494 4,466 

 Out of country .......................................................................................... 17 24 11 2,408 5,426 1,781 

 Unable to assign ......................................................................................... – – 1 – – 71 

 Different company ......................................................................................... 10 7 6 799 542 1,089 

 Domestic .......................................................................................... 5 4 5 525 387 1,040 

 Out of country .......................................................................................... 5 3 1 274 155 49 

 Unable to assign .......................................................................................... – – – – – –

 

1

 Only actions for which separations associated with the r = revised.

movement of work were reported are shown. p = preliminary.

 

2

 See footnote 1, table 1. Note: Dash represents zero.

Activities

Actions1 Separations
Extended Mass Layoff Events by Reason Ca

First quarters, 2001-07

0

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

2001:1 2002:1 2003:1 2004:1 2005:1 

Seasonal Business demand Organizational changes Financial issues Prod

1 The chart excludes information on layoffs due to other/miscellaneous reasons.

p = preliminary.