The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program collects reports on mass layoff actions that result in workers being separated from their jobs. Monthly mass layoff numbers are from establishments which have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) filed against them during a 5-week period. Extended mass layoff numbers (issued quarterly) are from a subset of such establishments—where private sector nonfarm employers indicate that 50 or more workers were separated from their jobs for at least 31 days. On This PageMLS News ReleasesMass Layoffs (Monthly)
December 19, 2008
In November, employers took 2,328 mass layoff actions
involving a total of 224,079 workers. The number of events
increased by 188 from the prior month, while the number of
associated initial claims decreased by 8,389. Manufacturing
had its fourth consecutive over-the-month increase in events
and initial claims.
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November 13, 2008
In the third quarter 2008, 1,330 extended mass layoff events
resulted in 218,158 separations. Among the reasons for
layoffs, separations due to both slack work and bankruptcies
nearly doubled over the year; layoffs due to business-ownership
changes more than doubled. Construction recorded the highest
third quarter activity in program history.
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