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            EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2006
 
   In the second quarter of 2006, employers took 1,213 mass layoff actions
in the private, nonfarm sector that resulted in the separation of 251,341
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 Sta-
tistics.  The number of extended mass layoff actions and affected workers
were both slightly higher than a year earlier.  (See table A.)  The over-
the-year increases were most notable in food and beverage stores, food
manufacturing, and general merchandise stores.  In the second quarter of
2006, 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 9 percent of the nonseasonal layoff events and 13 percent
of worker separations.  (See table B.)  Among employers who anticipated
recalling laid-off workers, 50 percent expected to extend the offer to all
laid-off workers, a smaller proportion than a year ago.
   
   The completion of seasonal work accounted for 37 percent of all events
and resulted in 125,688 separations during the period.  Layoffs due to in-
ternal company restructuring (bankruptcy, business ownership change, finan-
cial difficulty, and reorganization) represented 15 percent of events and
resulted in 42,289 separations, 17 percent of total separations.  Permanent
closure of worksites occurred in 11 percent of all events and affected
30,402 workers, with both figures higher than a year ago.
   
   In the second quarter of 2006, the national unemployment rate was
4.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted; this was down from 5.0 percent in
the second quarter 2005.  Private nonfarm payroll employment, not sea-
sonally adjusted, increased by 1.7 million, or 1.5 percent, from April-
June 2005 to April-June 2006.

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Table A.  Selected measures of extended mass layoff activity
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         Period          | Layoff events| Separations | Initial claimants
-------------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------
           2002          |              |             |
January-March............|     1,611    |    299,266  |      292,998
April-June...............|     1,624    |    344,606  |      299,598
July-September...........|     1,186    |    255,152  |      254,955
October-December.........|     1,916    |    373,307  |      370,592
           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(r)............|     1,203    |    246,099  |      212,673
July-September(r)........|     1,136    |    201,878  |      190,180
October-December(r)......|     1,400    |    250,178  |      246,169
           2006          |              |             |
January-March(r).........|       963    |    181,010  |      189,634
April-June(p)............|     1,213    |    251,341  |      184,543
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    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.


Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs
   
   Extended mass layoff separations occurred in 330 of the 1,105 detailed
industries for which data are available for the second quarter of 2006.
Manufacturing industries accounted for 21 percent of private nonfarm layoff
events and 19 percent of separations during April-June 2006.  (See table 1.)
The number of separations in manufacturing (48,969) was higher than in the
second quarter of 2005.  In the second quarter of 2006, the highest number
of separations in this sector were in food manufacturing (12,596), followed
by transportation equipment manufacturing (11,985).
   
   Transportation and warehousing accounted for 10 percent of private
nonfarm layoff events and 12 percent of separations, primarily in school
and employee bus transportation.  Layoffs in the accommodation and food
services sector made up 10 percent of events and 12 percent of separations,
mostly in food services and drinking places.  The professional and technical
services sector comprised 4 percent of events and 11 percent of separations,
mostly in tax preparation services.  Cutbacks in arts, entertainment, and
recreation accounted for 4 percent of events and 8 percent of separations
and were concentrated in amusements, gambling, and recreation.
   
   Information technology-producing industries (communications equipment,
communications services, computer hardware, and software and computer
services) accounted for 2 percent of layoff events and worker separations
in the second quarter of 2006.  In the second quarter of 2005, these in-
dustries accounted for 4 percent of layoff events and 3 percent of all
separations.  Layoffs in the information technology-producing industries
in the second quarter of 2006 were most numerous in computer hardware,
with 2,900 separations, followed by software and computer services.
(See table 6.)

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Table B.  Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected
measures, second quarter 2006 p
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                                    |               |
            Action                  | Layoff events |   Separations
                                    |               |
------------------------------------|----------------------------------
                                    |               |
Total private nonfarm...............|      1,213    |       251,341
                                    |               |
   Total, excluding seasonal        |               |
     and vacation events(1).........|        686    |       112,108
                                    |               |
     Total events with movement     |               |
       of work(2)...................|         65    |        14,796
                                    |               |
       Movement of work actions.....|         93    |          (3) 
         With separations reported..|         60    |         8,802
         With separations unknown...|         33    |          (3) 
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   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 movement of work action.
   3 Data not available.
   p = preliminary.


Reasons for Extended Layoff
   
   Layoffs due to the completion of seasonal work accounted for 37 percent
of the extended layoff events and resulted in 125,688 separations in the
second quarter of 2006.  (See table 2.)  Seasonal layoffs were most numerous
in professional and technical services (tax preparation services) and in
transit and ground passenger transportation (school and employee bus trans-
portation).
   
   Internal company restructuring (due to bankruptcy, business ownership
change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 15 percent
of layoff events and resulted in 42,289 separations.  These layoffs were
mostly among workers in transportation equipment manufacturing, credit
intermediation and related activities, and food and beverage stores.  Over
half of both the internal company restructuring layoff events and separa- 
tions were due to reorganization within the company.  Layoffs due to
reorganization were primarily in transportation equipment manufacturing,
credit intermediation and related activities, and food manufacturing.

Movement of Work
   
   In the second quarter of 2006, 65 extended mass layoff events involved
the movement of work; this was about 9 percent of total extended mass
layoff events, excluding those for seasonal and vacation reasons.  (See
table B.)  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 14,796 workers,
about 13 percent of all separations resulting from nonseasonal/nonvacation
mass layoff events.  A year earlier, 73 layoff events and 12,040
separations were associated with the movement of work.  (See table 10.)


   Among the 65 extended mass layoff events in the second quarter of 2006
with reported relocation of work, 68 percent were permanent closures of
worksites, which affected 10,159 workers.  In comparison, for the 1,213
total layoff events reported for the quarter, only 11 percent involved the
permanent closure of worksites.
   
   Of the layoffs involving the movement of work, 66 percent of both the
events and laid-off workers were from manufacturing industries during the
second quarter of 2006.  (See table 7.)  Among all private nonfarm extended
layoffs, manufacturing accounted for 21 percent of the events and 19 percent
of the separations.
   
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Table C.  Movement of work actions by type of separation where the
number of separations is known by employers, second quarter 2006 p
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                               |                 |
           Activities          |   Actions (1)   |   Separations
                               |                 |
-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------
                               |                 |
                               |                 |
   With separations reported ..|         60      |      8,802
                               |                 |
          By location          |                 |
                               |                 |
   Out of country..............|         20      |      2,367
     Within company............|         18      |      2,246
     Different company.........|          2      |        121
                               |                 |
   Domestic relocations........|         40      |      6,435
     Within company............|         34      |      5,743
     Different company.........|          6      |        692
                               |                 |
                               |                 |
          By company           |                 |
                               |                 |
   Within company..............|         52      |      7,989
     Domestic..................|         34      |      5,743
     Out of country............|         18      |      2,246
                               |                 |
   Different company...........|          8      |        813
     Domestic..................|          6      |        692
     Out of country............|          2      |        121
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   1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement
of work were reported are shown.
   p = preliminary.


   Internal company restructuring (bankruptcy, business ownership change,
financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 83 percent of
layoff events associated with work relocation and resulted in 11,908
separations during the second quarter.  (See table 8.)  Most of these were
due to reorganization within the company.  In contrast, only 15 percent of
the layoff events in the total private nonfarm economy were because of
internal company restructuring.
   
   Among the regions, the Midwest and the West accounted for the largest
proportions of workers in extended mass layoffs associated with the
movement of work, 33 and 32 percent, respectively.  The South had 26
percent of such layoffs, and the Northeast had 9 percent.   
   
   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 movement of work actions.  The 65 extended layoff
events with movement of work for the second quarter of 2006 involved 93
identifiable relocations of work.  (See table B.)  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 93 relocations, employers were able to provide
information on the specific separations associated with the movement of
work component of the layoff in 60 actions involving 8,802 workers, or 65
percent of the 93 actions for the second quarter of 2006.  Thus, a range of
8,802 (separations in movement of work actions where the employer was able
to provide specific detail) to 14,796 (total separations in all layoff
events that included movement of work) is established for separations due
to the movement of work in the second quarter.  (See table 10.)
   
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Table D.  Summary of employer expectations of a recall from
extended layoff, second quarter 2005--second quarter 2006 
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                      |          Percentage of events
                      |----------------------------------------
Nature of the recall  |   II   |  III  |   IV  |   I   |  II
                      |  2005  |  2005 |  2005 | 2006 r| 2006 p
----------------------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------
                      |        |       |       |       |
Anticipate a recall...|  61.8  |  39.5 |  68.9 |  43.1 |  58.6
                      |        |       |       |       |
       Timeframe      |        |       |       |       |
                      |        |       |       |       |
Within 6 months.......|  89.4  |  78.8 |  90.0 |  83.9 |  89.2
  Within 3 months.....|  59.5  |  57.9 |  37.1 |  55.2 |  60.5
                      |        |       |       |       |
       Size           |        |       |       |       |
                      |        |       |       |       |
At least half.........|  92.9  |  80.2 |  92.6 |  88.0 |  92.8
  All workers.........|  51.1  |  43.2 |  50.5 |  38.1 |  49.5
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   r = revised.
   p = preliminary.


   In the 60 actions where employers were able to provide more complete
separations information, 87 percent of relocations (52 out of 60) occurred
among establishments within the same company.  (See table C.)  In 65
percent of these relocations (34 out of 52), the work activities were
reassigned to places elsewhere in the U.S.
   
   Thirty-three percent of the movement-of-work relocations--both within
the company and to other companies--involved out-of-country moves (20 out
of 60).  The separation of 2,367 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 6,435 workers.  (See table 11.)
   
Recall Expectations
   
   Fifty-nine percent of employers reporting an extended layoff in the
second quarter of 2006 indicated they anticipated some type of recall.
This compares with 62 percent of the employers anticipating a recall a year
earlier.  (See table D.)  Most employers not expecting a recall during the
second quarter were from administrative and support services and specialty
trade contracting.

   Among establishments expecting a recall, most employers expected to
recall over one-half of the separated employees and to do so within 6
months.  Fifty 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 96 percent of the employers expected a recall), employers expected to
recall laid-off workers in 29 percent of the events.  A year earlier, 30
percent of employers expected a recall in nonseasonal and nonvacation
events.  In layoff events due to internal company restructuring, employers
anticipated a recall in only 4 percent of the events.
   
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Table E.  Distribution of extended layoff events by size of layoff,
April-June 2006 p
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                      |    Layoff events    |      Separations
          Size        |---------------------------------------------
                      |  Number  |  Percent |  Number  |   Percent
----------------------|----------|----------|----------|------------
                      |          |          |          |
    Total.............|   1,213  |   100.0  |  251,341 |    100.0
                      |          |          |          |
50-99.................|     515  |    42.5  |   37,136 |     14.8
100-149...............|     257  |    21.2  |   29,534 |     11.8
150-199...............|     144  |    11.9  |   24,233 |      9.6
200-299...............|     119  |     9.8  |   27,908 |     11.1
300-499...............|      99  |     8.2  |   36,683 |     14.6
500-999...............|      49  |     4.0  |   32,651 |     13.0
1,000 or more.........|      30  |     2.5  |   63,196 |     25.1
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   p = preliminary.


Size of Extended Layoff
   
   Layoff events during the second quarter continued to be concentrated at
the lower end of the extended layoff-size spectrum, with 64 percent
involving fewer than 150 workers.  These events, however, accounted for
only 27 percent of all separations.  (See table E.)  Separations involving
500 or more workers, while comprising 7 percent of the events, accounted
for 38 percent of all separations, up from 36 percent in April-June 2005.
The average size of layoffs (as measured by separations per layoff event)
differed widely by industry, ranging from a low of 71 separations in
hospitals to a high of 788 in amusements, gambling, and recreation.
   
Initial Claimant Characteristics
   
   A total of 184,534 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were
associated with extended mass layoffs in the second quarter of 2006.  Of
these claimants, 17 percent were black, 14 percent were Hispanic, 55
percent were women, 33 percent were 30 to 44 years of age, and 22 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, 46 percent were women, 34 percent were age 30 to 44, and 17
percent were 55 years of age or older.
   
Geographic Distribution
   
   In the second quarter, the number of separations due to extended mass
layoff events was highest in the West (83,452), followed by the Midwest
(69,331), the Northeast (52,461), and the South (46,097).  (See table 4.)
Separations in the West were mainly in the amusements, gambling, and re-
creation industry and in the professional and technical services industry.
   
   The West region reported the only over-the-year increase (+20,953) in
separations. The other three regions reported over-the-year decreases in
separations, with the largest decrease occurring in the Midwest (-6,452),
followed by the Northeast (-4,810) and the South (-4,449).  Four of the
nine geographic divisions reported over-the-year increases in laid-off
workers, with the largest increases occurring in the Pacific (+26,949) and
New England (+3,579) divisions. The Middle Atlantic division reported the
largest decline in separations (-8,389), followed by the East North Central
division (-7,575).

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Table F.  Mass layoff events and separations, selected metropolitan areas
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                                   |       Events       |    Separations
        Metropolitan area          |--------------------|--------------------
                                   |   II     |   II    |   II     |   II
                                   |  2005 r  |  2006 p |  2005 r  |  2006 p
-----------------------------------|----------|---------|----------|---------
                                   |          |         |          |
                                   |          |         |          |
Total, nonmetropolitan areas ......|    158   |    154  |   28,749 |  28,678
                                   |          |         |          |
Total, 367 metropolitan areas .....|    650   |    651  |  108,706 | 103,144
                                   |          |         |          |
  Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana,|          |         |          |
    Calif. ........................|     39   |     69  |    7,828 |  12,978
  Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.- |          |         |          |
    Ind.-Wis. .....................|     40   |     42  |    9,236 |   8,106
  New York-Northern New Jersey-Long|          |         |          |
    Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. .........|     62   |     61  |   11,708 |   7,506
  Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington,  |          |         |          |
    Pa.-N.J.-De.-Md.  .............|     27   |     23  |    2,958 |   4,008
  San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara,  |          |         |          |
    Calif. ........................|      5   |     13  |      453 |   3,046
  Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami      |          |         |          |
    Beach, Fla. ...................|     17   |     15  |    4,106 |   3,030
  Salt Lake City, Utah ............|      5   |      6  |    2,620 |   2,877
  Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. ...|     26   |     28  |    3,065 |   2,835
  Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario,|          |         |          |
    Calif. ........................|      7   |     12  |    2,139 |   2,550
  San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont,   |          |         |          |
    Calif. ........................|     13   |     22  |    1,355 |   2,511
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  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 06-01,
December 5, 2005.


   Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the largest number of
worker separations occurred in California (51,740), followed by Illinois
(23,798), Florida (21,520), and New Jersey (16,190).  These four states
accounted for 40 percent of total layoff events and 45 percent of separa-
tions during the second quarter of 2006.  They were followed by Michigan
(12,655), New York (12,617), Colorado (12,566), and Ohio (12,344).  (See
table 5.)  After excluding the substantial impact of seasonal work,
California reported the most laid-off workers (30,235), largely due to
layoffs in computer and electronic product manufacturing and specialty
trade contractors.
   
   Over the year, California reported the greatest increase in workers
laid off for all reasons during the second quarter (+25,877), followed
by Connecticut (+3,055).  The largest decreases occurred in New York
(-5,978), Illinois (-4,192), and Indiana (-3,234).
   
   Fifty-four percent of events and 41 percent of separations (103,144)
occurred in metropolitan areas in the second quarter of 2006, compared
with 54 percent of events and 44 percent of separations (108,706) during
the second quarter of 2005.  Among the 367 metropolitan areas, Los Angeles-
Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., reported the highest number of separations,
12,978, in the second quarter of 2006.  Next was Chicago-Naperville-Joliet,
Ill.-Ind.-Wis., with 8,106 separations, and New York-Northern New Jersey-
Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa., with 7,506 separations.  (See table F.) Em-
ployers located in nonmetropolitan areas separated 28,678 workers in mass
layoffs, down from 28,749 workers in the second quarter of 2005.
   
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 second 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 quar-
ters should not be used as an indicator of trend.
   
  For additional information about the program, see the Technical Note.


                      ______________________________
   

   The report on Mass Layoffs in July 2006 is scheduled to be released on
Wednesday, August 23, 2006.
   





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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.  Establish-
ments 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 predomi-
nantly 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 multi-unit establishment
where entire worksites affected by layoffs are closed or planned to be
closed.

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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 work-
site 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.  There-
fore, 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 lo-
cation(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 ar-
rangements?"
  
   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.

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Reliability of the data
   
   The identification of establishments and layoff events in the MLS 
program and associated characteristics of claimants is based on admin-
istrative 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 non-
sampling 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 second quarter
of 2006, outright refusal to participate in the employer interview accounted 
for 3.6 percent of all private nonfarm events.  Although included in the 
total number of instances involving the movement of work, for the second
quarter, employers in 33 relocations were unable to provide the number of 
separations specifically associated with the movement of work, 5 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, 2005 and 2006

                                                                                                            Initial claimants for  
                                                        Layoff events               Separations            unemployment insurance  
                     Industry                                                                                                      
                                                     II       I      II         II        I       II         II        I       II   
                                                    2005r   2006r   2006p      2005r    2006r    2006p      2005r    2006r    2006p 


      Total, private nonfarm(1) ..................  1,203     963   1,213    246,099  181,010  251,341    212,673  189,634  184,534

    Mining .......................................      -     (2)       4          -      (2)      597          -      (2)      431
    Utilities ....................................      5     (2)       3        771      (2)      509        683      (2)      432
    Construction .................................    110     192     145     15,242   21,341   15,314     17,867   25,850   15,314
    Manufacturing ................................    269     301     256     44,231   60,980   48,969     48,069   74,001   39,857
         Food ....................................     60      58      62      9,496   10,916   12,596     10,273   12,072    8,121
         Beverage and tobacco products ...........    (2)       9     (2)        (2)    1,515      (2)        (2)    1,531      (2)
         Textile mills ...........................    (2)       9      13        (2)      849    1,687        (2)      996    1,865
         Textile product mills ...................      3       4       4        243      285      465        275      496      631
         Apparel .................................     13      16       9      1,594    2,290    1,357      1,656    2,214    1,047
         Leather and allied products .............      -     (2)     (2)          -      (2)      (2)          -      (2)      (2)
         Wood products ...........................      6      12       8        690    1,255    1,118        780    1,678      861
         Paper ...................................      5       7      14        389      951    1,812        447      809    1,088
         Printing and related support activities..     11      10      10      1,682    1,252    1,352      1,754    1,245      998
         Petroleum and coal products .............      -     (2)      -          -       (2)        -          -      (2)        -

         Chemicals  ..............................    (2)       7       8        (2)      758    1,016        (2)      663      628
         Plastics and rubber products ............     11      20      10      1,161    2,475    1,505      1,765    2,490    1,144
         Nonmetallic mineral products ............      9      14       7      1,236    1,426    2,073      1,363    1,713      875
         Primary metals ..........................     11      11       8      1,885    4,769    1,080      1,940    3,817      799
         Fabricated metal products ...............     18      14       6      2,958    1,595      569      2,627    1,950      453
         Machinery ...............................     19      19      15      2,415    3,066    3,239      2,868    1,913    2,301
         Computer and electronic products ........     24      18      20      3,651    2,740    4,491      3,847    4,193    2,438
         Electrical equipment and appliances .....     13      13       7      2,633    3,680      947      4,083    3,774      629
         Transportation equipment ................     45      36      39     11,266   18,204   11,985     11,619   29,581   14,383
         Furniture and related products ..........     13      11       7      1,770    1,557      730      1,840    1,688      615
         Miscellaneous manufacturing .............      3       9       5        213      892      659        269      737      547

    Wholesale trade ..............................     19      15      16      3,726    2,279    3,566      3,180    1,485    2,328
    Retail trade .................................     42     115      63      9,521   35,129   18,554      9,114   28,373   14,117
    Transportation and warehousing ...............    132      44     125     30,966   11,616   29,668     28,017    9,559   21,572
    Information ..................................     32      28      32      6,694    4,212    5,340      6,901    6,202    8,093
    Finance and insurance ........................     27      30      43      5,048    4,773    6,955      5,603    4,766    5,223
    Real estate and rental and leasing ...........      6     (2)       8        983      (2)      733      1,031      (2)      542
    Professional and technical services ..........     64      28      51     27,253    3,619   28,574     16,025    4,889   13,706
    Management of companies and enterprises ......      4       5       4        499      680      342        405      613      282
    Administrative and waste services ............    107      99     101     18,067   20,682   16,299     19,112   19,569   13,943
    Educational services .........................      7     (2)     10        573       (2)    1,207        774      (2)      874
    Health care and social assistance ............    167      22     139     22,871    2,626   17,393     18,610    2,036   13,511
    Arts, entertainment, and recreation ..........     34      23      43     20,476    3,432   21,271      3,742    2,853    4,028
    Accommodation and food services ..............    117      46     118     30,416    7,386   29,113     25,392    7,609   24,410
    Other services, except public administration..     61       5      52      8,762      866    6,937      8,148      653    5,871

    Unclassified .................................      -       -       -          -        -        -          -        -        -


    1 For the second quarter of 2006, data on layoffs were reported by employers in all states and the District of Columbia. Due to
budget constraints in the MLS program, beginning with data for the first quarter of 2004, the scope of quarterly extended mass
layoffs and plant closings has been redefined to cover only the private nonfarm economy. Quarterly information on layoff events in
agriculture and government are no longer being collected. However, the monthly reporting of the MLS program in the release, Mass
Layoffs, which is based only on administrative data, will be unaffected and will continue to cover the total economy.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Dash represents zero.





Table 2. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006

                                                                                                        Initial claimants for    
                                           Layoff events                    Separations                unemployment insurance    
         Reason for layoff                                                                                                       
                                      II         I        II           II         I        II           II         I        II    
                                     2005r     2006r     2006p        2005r     2006r     2006p        2005r     2006r     2006p  


   Total, private nonfarm(1) .....   1,203       963     1,213      246,099   181,010   251,341      212,673   189,634   184,534

Automation .......................     (2)       (2)       (2)          (2)       (2)       (2)          (2)       (2)       (2)
Bankruptcy .......................      18        18         7        4,159     3,999     4,049        2,892     3,121       784
Business ownership change ........      20        31        29        6,140     8,832     8,671        4,468     7,393     3,995
Contract cancellation ............      18        16        15        2,207     2,233     2,677        2,124     2,732     2,039
Contract completed ...............     207       214       270       32,816    30,849    34,633       37,000    36,616    32,625
Financial difficulty .............      35        42        28        5,402     8,346     5,262        4,689     7,305     2,806
Import competition ...............      10         9        14        1,582     1,398     1,709        1,016     1,230     1,669
Labor dispute ....................       5       (2)         6          965       (2)     1,420          870       (2)     1,066
Material shortage ................     (2)         -       (2)          (2)         -       (2)          (2)         -       (2)
Model changeover .................     (2)       (2)         -          (2)       (2)         -          (2)       (2)         -

Natural disaster .................       -       (2)         -            -       (2)         -            -       (2)         -
Non-natural disaster .............       -         -       (2)            -         -       (2)            -         -       (2)
Plant or machine repair ..........     (2)       (2)       (2)          (2)       (2)       (2)          (2)       (2)       (2)
Product line discontinued ........       8        11         7        2,600     1,728     2,137        1,681     2,244       568
Reorganization within company ....     105       116       118       16,885    28,685    24,307       16,380    32,930    24,638
Seasonal work ....................     484       246       445      123,834    41,425   125,688       84,547    40,947    76,219
Slack work .......................     127       122        95       18,313    21,119    14,189       27,258    26,901    14,149
Vacation period ..................      84       (2)        82       13,893       (2)    13,545       12,802       (2)    11,611
Weather-related ..................     (2)        36         5          (2)     3,696       294          (2)     3,931       297
Other ............................      22        21        20        3,917     3,227     2,563        3,761     2,477     2,122
Not reported .....................      54        66        62       12,431    17,070     8,647       12,077    16,139     8,484


    1 See footnote 1, table 1.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Dash represents zero.





Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 
private nonfarm sector, first and second quarters, 2006

                                                          Total                                 Percent of total                         
                                                         initial                            Hispanic                       Persons age 55
                                  Layoff events         claimants           Black            origin           Women           and over   
              State                                                                                                                      
                                    I      II           I       II         I     II         I     II         I     II         I     II  
                                  2006r   2006p       2006r    2006p     2006r  2006p     2006r  2006p     2006r  2006p     2006r  2006p 

    Total, private nonfarm(1) ..    963   1,213     189,634  184,534      17.1   16.5      12.6   13.8      39.6   54.7      18.2   22.5

Alabama ........................      7      16       1,018    2,273      46.7   63.5       2.8    2.7      44.0   81.2      16.5   19.4
Alaska .........................    (2)       9         (2)    1,361       1.2    3.6       2.4   18.7      34.9   41.1      10.8   23.9
Arizona ........................      4       3         733      442       3.0    3.8      30.0   59.7      47.3   43.2      21.8   24.7
Arkansas .......................      -     (2)           -      (2)         -   27.4         -    1.1         -   60.0         -   19.6
California .....................    185     243      32,786   32,443       9.1    8.8      33.7   31.2      40.3   45.3      15.5   17.8
Colorado .......................      8       9         927    1,179       7.3    5.1      26.0   25.4      53.0   58.4      18.9   16.0
Connecticut ....................      9      25       2,725    3,441      16.7   10.8      12.3    8.5      33.0   68.4      20.8   24.3
Delaware .......................      -     (2)           -      (2)         -   14.0         -    1.4         -   19.5         -   16.4
District of Columbia ...........      -     (2)           -      (2)         -   70.5         -    7.4         -   68.4         -   22.1
Florida ........................     52     106       8,904   13,952      16.4   18.8      33.3   31.4      45.3   51.5      22.4   22.3
Georgia ........................     18      28       2,715    4,519      56.8   53.5        .7    1.1      45.3   58.8      15.3   16.9
Hawaii .........................      4       9         451      790        .7    3.7      22.4   22.4      22.0   45.8      13.1   23.5
Idaho ..........................      5       3         397      515        .5     .8      15.6   46.4      49.1   61.7      23.9   36.7

Illinois .......................     76      91      14,642   16,913      24.9   22.7      11.6   10.6      42.3   61.9      15.4   21.6
Indiana ........................     25      11       4,066    1,381      12.2    6.7       4.4    5.4      25.8   43.3      14.5   12.4
Iowa ...........................    (2)       5         (2)      810       1.5     .9       6.2     .7      50.3   70.4      22.6   28.6
Kansas .........................      3      12         429    1,202       9.8   17.3       2.1    1.4      39.9   65.6      25.4   21.0
Kentucky .......................     25      13       2,909    1,254       9.0    9.3        .3     .6      45.8   62.4      16.5   19.0
Louisiana ......................     12      15       1,356    1,565      63.3   71.8       2.7    1.2      54.6   92.3       3.7   21.1
Maine ..........................      5     (2)         841      (2)       2.1     .3        .2      -      54.1   57.2      21.5   11.6
Maryland .......................     14       3       1,712      461      49.0   51.2        .5     .2      54.7   73.3      19.9   45.3
Massachusetts ..................     18      26       2,471    3,916      10.4   12.4        .6    3.3      50.6   56.1      19.8   24.7
Michigan .......................     71      75      33,266   16,372      23.5   17.6       2.3    3.0      32.2   45.7      19.3   21.2
Minnesota ......................     23      23       3,001    2,251       6.4    8.7       3.7    7.5      26.7   45.4      16.7   22.6
Mississippi ....................      7       6         787      626      39.8   83.4       4.2     .5      54.6   80.0      15.2   11.5
Missouri .......................     13      32       1,813    3,352      22.2   21.4        .5     .3      53.8   76.9      18.7   26.8

Montana ........................      3       -         257        -         -      -       4.3      -      11.3      -      26.5      -
Nebraska .......................      3       4         445      428      13.0   11.2      19.8   19.6      47.9   48.1      16.4   21.7
Nevada .........................    (2)       4         (2)      824      12.1   23.4      19.6   12.1      59.8   70.8      36.0   24.6
New Hampshire ..................      3       5         286      544       9.8    2.8       5.2    1.7      51.0   52.9      20.3   31.8
New Jersey .....................     17      51       2,352   11,773      21.8   17.5      13.0    8.1      56.0   74.5      26.2   34.9
New Mexico .....................    (2)       4         (2)      424         -     .7      98.1   46.0      85.2   41.3      14.8   16.3
New York .......................     98      92      18,520   16,909      11.7   12.0       6.6    8.8      40.9   50.7      19.9   22.6
North Carolina .................     18      13       2,233    1,309      41.4   43.5       6.1    3.5      44.4   52.6      18.9   25.6
North Dakota ...................      -     (2)           -      (2)         -      -         -      -         -   13.6         -   14.8
Ohio ...........................     45      56       9,154    6,187      12.2   18.7       2.3    3.5      28.8   52.5      16.7   16.3
Oklahoma .......................      4       -         500        -      15.2      -       8.0      -      52.8      -      12.4      -
Oregon .........................      7      24       1,000    3,708       2.1    1.7      29.1   11.2      41.4   69.1      16.4   30.6
Pennsylvania ...................     59      73      14,637   11,770       9.9    9.2       3.7    4.2      41.8   55.3      21.8   30.2

Rhode Island ...................      5       4         401      871       4.0    1.8      14.7    9.3      52.4   79.8      31.9   32.4
South Carolina .................      7       8       1,182    1,241      63.4   51.4         -     .5      67.1   52.5       3.7    3.0
South Dakota ...................    (2)     (2)         (2)      (2)        .6      -       9.9      -      28.6   79.5      18.0   47.7
Tennessee ......................     14       7       2,138      616      15.5   40.6         -     .3      55.2   48.9      29.7   27.1
Texas ..........................     17      29       3,793    4,106      20.0   18.8      35.8   47.1      43.6   50.1      13.7   15.7
Utah ...........................      3       9         296    1,017        .7    2.0      24.7    7.7      74.0   62.7      10.5   12.6
Vermont ........................    (2)       7         (2)    1,128         -     .7         -     .4      14.8   42.5      15.4   17.3
Virginia .......................     13       5       4,464    1,022      33.3   30.5       2.8    2.9      36.4   51.3      18.1   22.5
Washington .....................     24      16       3,185    1,810       8.5    5.5      21.8   14.3      32.3   42.2      13.5   24.2
West Virginia ..................    (2)       5         (2)      460        .2     .7         -      -      22.9   25.7      34.9   24.8
Wisconsin ......................     26      24       5,372    4,871       3.3   10.3      13.0    4.2      40.1   55.3      18.8   28.2
Wyoming ........................    (2)     (2)         (2)      (2)         -      -       6.0      -      31.3   31.7      19.3    2.4

Puerto Rico ....................     13       4       3,490      883       (3)    (3)       (3)    (3)      58.2   46.9       9.7   23.4


    1 See footnote 1, table 1.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
    3 Data are not available.       
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.
    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, 2005 and 2006

                                                                                                    Initial claimants for   
                                        Layoff events                    Separations               unemployment insurance   
   Census region and division                                                                                               

                                   II         I        II           II         I        II           II        I       II   
                                  2005r     2006r     2006p        2005r     2006r     2006p        2005r    2006r    2006p  

        United States(1) ......   1,203       963     1,213      246,099   181,010   251,341      212,673  189,634  184,534

Northeast .....................     269       216       285       57,271    32,795    52,461       54,538   42,395   50,644

    New England ...............      50        42        69       10,981    10,545    14,560        9,775    6,886   10,192
    Middle Atlantic ...........     219       174       216       46,290    22,250    37,901       44,763   35,509   40,452

South .........................     290       210       259       50,546    38,543    46,097       46,846   34,112   35,278

    South Atlantic ............     178       124       171       30,876    23,531    31,760       27,888   21,611   24,568
    East South Central ........      39        53        42        7,185     9,133     6,788        4,602    6,852    4,769
    West South Central ........      73        33        46       12,485     5,879     7,549       14,356    5,649    5,941

Midwest .......................     394       289       335       75,783    65,384    69,331       73,348   72,544   54,017

    East North Central ........     315       243       257       63,403    59,266    55,828       60,496   66,500   45,724
    West North Central ........      79        46        78       12,380     6,118    13,503       12,852    6,044    8,293

West ..........................     250       248       334       62,499    44,288    83,452       37,941   40,583   44,595

    Mountain ..................      54        27        33       25,463     5,835    19,467        6,152    3,078    4,483
    Pacific ...................     196       221       301       37,036    38,453    63,985       31,789   37,505   40,112


    1 See footnote 1, table 1.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic:
Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South
Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas: East North
Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska,
California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.





Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006

                                                                                                        Initial claimants for    
                                           Layoff events                    Separations                unemployment insurance    
           State                                                                                                                 
                                      II         I        II           II         I        II           II         I        II    
                                     2005r     2006r     2006p        2005r     2006r     2006p        2005r     2006r     2006p  

    Total, private nonfarm(1) ..     1,203       963     1,213      246,099   181,010   251,341      212,673   189,634   184,534

Alabama ........................         3         7        16          232       907     2,780          343     1,018     2,273
Alaska .........................         9       (2)         9        1,264       (2)     3,941        1,264       (2)     1,361
Arizona ........................         9         4         3        3,412     1,202       868        1,513       733       442
Arkansas .......................         6         -       (2)        1,266         -       (2)        1,009         -       (2)
California .....................       134       185       243       25,863    32,047    51,740       21,655    32,786    32,443
Colorado .......................        12         8         9       14,811     2,379    12,566        1,500       927     1,179
Connecticut ....................        13         9        25        3,532     5,405     6,587        3,214     2,725     3,441
Delaware .......................       (2)         -       (2)          (2)         -       (2)          (2)         -       (2)
District of Columbia ...........         -         -       (2)            -         -       (2)            -         -       (2)
Florida ........................       112        52       106       20,309    10,230    21,520       16,197     8,904    13,952
Georgia ........................        26        18        28        3,298     2,442     3,750        3,992     2,715     4,519
Hawaii .........................         5         4         9          478       464     1,080          466       451       790
Idaho ..........................         8         5         3          925       430       570          762       397       515

Illinois .......................       104        76        91       27,990    16,954    23,798       23,572    14,642    16,913
Indiana ........................        24        25        11        5,419     3,698     2,185        5,276     4,066     1,381
Iowa ...........................         7       (2)        12        2,566       550     2,119        2,225       429     1,202
Kentucky .......................        18        25        13        1,853     3,841     1,444        1,818     2,909     1,254
Louisiana ......................        23        12        15        3,654     2,618     2,488        3,268     1,356     1,565
Maine ..........................         6         5       (2)        2,020     1,457       (2)          862       841       (2)
Maryland .......................       (2)        14         3          (2)     1,707       461          (2)     1,712       461
Massachusetts ..................        16        18        26        3,111     2,664     4,246        3,392     2,471     3,916
Michigan .......................        73        71        75       12,049    19,047    12,655       13,805    33,266    16,372
Minnesota ......................        23        23        23        3,190     2,811     2,705        4,076     3,001     2,251
Mississippi ....................        11         7         6        3,786       920     1,441        1,408       787       626
Missouri .......................        26        13        32        4,467     1,774     5,715        4,443     1,813     3,352

Montana ........................         7         3         -        1,276       257         -          555       257         -
Nebraska .......................         8         3         4          791       566     1,327          983       445       428
Nevada .........................         3       (2)         4          320       (2)       900          320       (2)       824
New Hampshire ..................         5         3         5          588       286       564          591       286       544
New Jersey .....................        54        17        51       19,035     3,666    16,190       13,385     2,352    11,773
New Mexico .....................         4       (2)         4          538       (2)       414          538       (2)       424
New York .......................        93        98        92       18,595    12,148    12,617       17,226    18,520    16,909
North Carolina .................         9        18        13          759     2,053     1,290          937     2,233     1,309
North Dakota ...................       (2)         -       (2)          (2)         -       (2)          (2)         -       (2)
Ohio ...........................        76        45        56       10,470    14,195    12,344       10,700     9,154     6,187
Oklahoma .......................       (2)         4         -          (2)       339         -          (2)       500         -
Oregon .........................        19         7        24        4,550     2,604     5,042        3,799     1,000     3,708
Pennsylvania ...................        72        59        73        8,660     6,436     9,094       14,152    14,637    11,770

Rhode Island ...................         3         5         4          317       472     1,010          303       401       871
South Carolina .................        11         7         8        1,798     1,067     1,115        2,015     1,182     1,241
South Dakota ...................       (2)       (2)       (2)          (2)       (2)       (2)          (2)       (2)       (2)
Tennessee ......................         7        14         7        1,314     3,465     1,123        1,033     2,138       616
Texas ..........................        43        17        29        6,702     2,922     4,790        9,917     3,793     4,106
Utah ...........................        10         3         9        3,381       430     3,199          884       296     1,017
Vermont ........................         7       (2)         7        1,413       (2)     1,128        1,413       (2)    1,128
Virginia .......................        12        13         5        2,393     5,079     1,279        2,377     4,464     1,022
Washington .....................        29        24        16        4,881     3,255     2,182        4,605     3,185     1,810
West Virginia ..................         4       (2)         5          463       (2)       741          479       (2)       460
Wisconsin ......................        38        26        24        7,475     5,372     4,846        7,143     5,372     4,871
Wyoming ........................       (2)       (2)       (2)          (2)       (2)       (2)          (2)       (2)       (2)
Puerto Rico ....................        26        13         4        3,655     1,231       555        6,946     3,490       883


    1 See footnote 1, table 1.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Dash represents zero.





Table 6. Information technology-producing industries: Extended mass layoff events and separations, private nonfarm sector, 1999-2006

                                                                 Information technology-producing industries(1)                      
        Year             Total extended                                                                                              
                          mass layoffs            Computer              Software and          Communications        Communications   
                                                 hardware(2)        computer services(3)       equipment(4)          services(5)     

                      Layoff                 Layoff                 Layoff                 Layoff                 Layoff             
                      events   Separations   events  Separations    events    Separations  events   Separations   events  Separations

        1999                                                                                                                       

First quarter .....    1,262      230,711       35        4,363        10         1,796       10        1,600        6        1,002
Second quarter ....    1,194      246,251       28        3,891         7         1,731        8        1,097      (6)          (6) 
Third quarter .....      898      184,429       22       11,546         7         1,141        5          840      (6)          (6) 
Fourth quarter ....    1,202      240,060       18        2,757         5           526        4          807        6        1,430

    Total .........    4,556      901,451      103       22,557        29         5,194       27        4,344       18        3,930

        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   (r)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   (r)250,178       19        4,122         7         1,331      (6)          (6)        8        1,125

    Total .........    4,881   (r)884,661       75       11,928        49         7,858       13        3,000       47        7,725

        2006                                                                                                                       

First quarter .....   (r)963   (r)181,010    (r)12     (r)1,159         6           744        4          911     (r)7       (r)833
Second quarter(p)..    1,213      251,341        8        2,900         6         1,268        8          988        7          934


    1 Information technology-producing industries are defined in Digital Economy 2003, Economics and Statistics Administration,
U.S.  Department of Commerce.
    2 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are:
semiconductor machinery manufacturing; office machinery manufacturing; electronic computer manufacturing; computer storage
device manufacturing; computer terminal manufacturing; other computer peripheral equipment mfg.; electron tube manufacturing;
bare printed circuit board manufacturing; semiconductors and related device mfg.; electronic capacitor manufacturing;
electronic resistor manufacturing; electronic coils, transformers, and inductors; electronic connector manufacturing;
printed circuit assembly manufacturing; other electronic component manufacturing; industrial process variable instruments;
electricity and signal testing instruments; analytical laboratory instrument mfg.; computer and software merchant wholesalers;
and computer and software stores.
    3 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are:
software publishers; internet service providers; web search portals; data processing and related services; computer and
software merchant wholesalers; computer and software stores; custom computer programming services; computer systems design
services; computer facilities management services; other computer related services; office equipment rental and leasing;
and computer and office machine repair.
    4 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are:
telephone apparatus manufacturing; audio and video equipment manufacturing; broadcast and wireless communications equip.;
fiber optic cable manufacturing; software reproducing; and magnetic and optical recording media mfg.
    5 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are:
wired telecommunications carriers; cellular and other wireless carriers; telecommunications resellers; cable and other
program distribution; satellite telecommunications; other telecommunications; and communication equipment repair.
    6 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
    NOTE: Dash represents zero.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.





Table 7. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2005 and 2006

                                                               Layoff events                           Separations            
                     Industry                                                                                                 


                                                       II           I           II            II             I           II    
                                                      2005        2006r        2006p         2005r         2006r        2006p  


      Total, private nonfarm(1) .................       73           53           65        12,040        10,519       14,796

    Mining ......................................        -            -          (2)             -             -          (2)
    Utilities ...................................      (2)            -            -           (2)             -            -
    Construction ................................      (2)            -            -           (2)             -            -
    Manufacturing ...............................       44           39           43         6,154         7,646        9,769
         Food ...................................        4            3            7           480         1,230        1,905
         Beverage and tobacco products ..........        -          (2)            -             -           (2)            -
         Textile mills ..........................        -            -            -             -             -            -
         Textile product mills ..................        -            -          (2)             -             -          (2)
         Apparel ................................        3            4          (2)           241           636          (2)
         Leather and allied products ............        -          (2)            -             -           (2)            -
         Wood products ..........................        -            -            -             -             -            -
         Paper ..................................        -          (2)            8             -           (2)        1,057
         Printing and related support activities       (2)            -            -           (2)             -            -
         Petroleum and coal products ............        -            -            -             -             -            -

         Chemicals  .............................        -          (2)          (2)            -            (2)          (2)
         Plastics and rubber products ...........        3            4            3           476           508          565
         Nonmetallic mineral products ...........      (2)          (2)          (2)           (2)           (2)          (2)          
         Primary metals .........................      (2)          (2)          (2)           (2)           (2)          (2)  
         Fabricated metal products ..............        6            -          (2)           975             -          (2)
         Machinery ..............................      (2)          (2)            4           (2)           (2)        1,154
         Computer and electronic products .......        6            6            3         1,004           820          502
         Electrical equipment and appliances ....        3            4          (2)           715           756          (2)
         Transportation equipment ...............       10            3            7         1,174           417        2,953
         Furniture and related products .........        4          (2)            -           586           (2)            -
         Miscellaneous manufacturing ............        -            4          (2)             -           502          (2)
 
    Wholesale trade .............................      (2)            3            3           (2)           432          470
    Retail trade ................................        5          (2)            4         1,150           (2)        1,326
    Transportation and warehousing ..............        3            4            -           689           581            -
    Information .................................      (2)          (2)            5           (2)           (2)          398
    Finance and insurance .......................        9          (2)            6         1,574           (2)        2,128
    Real estate and rental and leasing ..........        -            -            -             -             -            -
    Professional and technical services .........        4          (2)          (2)           971           (2)          (2) 
    Management of companies and enterprises .....        -            -            -             -             -            -
    Administrative and waste services ...........      (2)            -          (2)           (2)             -          (2) 
    Educational services ........................        -            -            -             -             -            -
    Health care and social assistance ...........        -            -            -             -             -            -
    Arts, entertainment, and recreation .........        -          (2)            -             -           (2)            -
    Accommodation and food services .............        -            -            -             -             -            -
    Other services, except public administration         -            -            -             -             -            -

    Unclassified ................................        -            -            -             -             -            -
                                                                                                                             

    1 See footnote 1, table 1.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Dash represents zero.





Table 8. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, 
selected quarters, 2005 and 2006


                                              Layoff events                                  Separations               
         Reason for layoff                                                                                             

                                        II         I           II               II                I              II   
                                       2005      2006r       2006p             2005r            2006r           2006p  


   Total, private nonfarm(1) .....      73          53          65            12,040           10,519          14,796


Automation .......................       -           -           -                 -                -               -
Bankruptcy .......................       -         (2)         (2)                 -              (2)             (2) 
Business ownership change ........       3         (2)           6               615              (2)             756
Contract cancellation ............     (2)         (2)           -               (2)              (2)               -
Contract completed ...............       -         (2)         (2)                 -              (2)             (2) 
Energy-related ...................       -           -           -                 -                -               -
Environment-related ..............       -           -           -                 -                -               -
Financial difficulty .............       6           6           5               934              732             554
Import competition ...............       6         (2)         (2)               462              (2)             (2) 
Labor dispute ....................       -           -           -                 -                -               -
Material shortage ................       -           -           -                 -                -               -
Model changeover .................       -           -           -                 -                -               -

Natural disaster .................       -           -           -                 -                -               -
Non-natural disaster .............       -           -         (2)                 -                -             (2) 
Plant or machine repair ..........       -           -           -                 -                -               -
Product line discontinued ........       3         (2)         (2)               331              (2)             (2) 
Reorganization within company ....      46          29          42             7,958            6,484          10,258
Seasonal work ....................     (3)         (3)         (3)               (3)              (3)             (3) 
Slack work .......................       3         (2)           -               645              (2)               -
Vacation period ..................     (3)         (3)         (3)               (3)              (3)             (3) 
Weather-related ..................       -           -           -                 -                -               -
Other ............................       3         (2)           4               661              (2)             486
Not reported .....................     (2)           -           -               (2)                -               -

    1 See footnote 1, table 1.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
    3 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal
work or vacation period.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Dash represents zero.





Table 9. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2005 and 2006


                                       Layoff events                             Separations              
 Census region and division                                                                               
                               II           I          II             II              I             II   
                              2005        2006r       2006p          2005r          2006r          2006p  


        United States(1) ..     73           53          65         12,040         10,519         14,796

Northeast .................     18           12           8          3,602          2,821          1,359

    New England ...........      7            5         (2)          1,079          1,259            (2)
    Middle Atlantic .......     11            7         (2)          2,523          1,562            (2)

South .....................     19           19          17          2,684          3,965          3,918

    South Atlantic ........     13          (2)           9          1,659            (2)          2,790
    East South Central ....    (2)           12         (2)            (2)          2,821            (2)
    West South Central ....    (2)          (2)         (2)            (2)            (2)            (2)

Midwest ...................     17           13          21          2,929          2,299          4,844

    East North Central ....     14            9          14          2,566          1,539          1,778
    West North Central ....      3            4           7            363            760          3,066

West ......................     19            9          19          2,825          1,434          4,675

    Mountain ..............      3            3         (2)            375            360            (2) 
    Pacific ...............     16            6         (2)          2,450          1,074            (2)


    1 See footnote 1, table 1.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are:
New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massa chusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware,
District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee;
West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas: East North Central: Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain:  Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, Utah, and  Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.





Table 10. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006


                                                    Layoff events                              Separations               
         Action                                                                                                          

                                           II           I              II            II              I              II   
                                          2005        2006r          2006p          2005           2006r           2006p  


Total, private nonfarm(1) ..........     1,203          963          1,213    (r)246,099         181,010         251,341

  Total, excluding seasonal                                                                                             
    and vacation events(2) .........       635          715            686    (r)108,372         139,369         112,108
                                                                                                                        
    Total, movement of work(3) .....        73           53             65     (r)12,040          10,519          14,796
                                                                                                                        
      Movement of work actions .....        98           80             93           (4)             (4)             (4)
        With separations reported ..        74           51             60         9,527           7,080           8,802
        With separations unknown ...        24           29             33           (4)             (4)             (4)


    1 See footnote 1, table 1.
    2 The question on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff
was either seasonal work or vacation period.
    3 Movement of work can involve more than one action.
    4 Data are not available.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.





Table 11. Movement of work actions by type of separation where number of separations is known by employers,
selected quarters, 2005 and 2006

                                             Actions(1)                       Separations          
         Activities                                                                                       
                                      II        I        II             II          I          II   
                                     2005     2006r     2006p          2005       2006r       2006p  

With separations reported(2) ..        74        51        60         9,527       7,080       8,802

          By location                                                                                
 
  Out-of-country relocations ..        28        22        20         2,815       2,682       2,367
      Within company ..........        19        17        18         1,938       2,408       2,246
      Different company .......         9         5         2           877         274         121

  Domestic relocations ........        42        29        40         6,018       4,398       6,435
      Within company ..........        35        24        34         5,330       3,873       5,743
      Different company .......         7         5         6           688         525         692

  Unable to assign place of                                                                           
     relocation ...............         4         -         -           694           -           -

           By company                                                                                

  Within company ..............        58        41        52         7,962       6,281       7,989
      Domestic ................        35        24        34         5,330       3,873       5,743
      Out of country ..........        19        17        18         1,938       2,408       2,246
      Unable to assign ........         4         -         -           694           -           -

  Different company ...........        16        10         8         1,565         799         813
      Domestic ................         7         5         6           688         525         692
      Out of country ..........         9         5         2           877         274         121
      Unable to assign ........         -         -         -             -           -           -


    1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work were reported are shown.
    2 See footnote 1, table 1.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.
    Note: Dash represents zero.