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.
NEW MLS program issues the annual report on 2011 extended mass layoffs
NEW Business functions and processes in third quarter 2012 extended mass layoffs
January 25, 2013
In December, employers took 1,509 mass layoff actions involving 137,839 workers.
Mass layoff events decreased by 240 from November, and associated initial claims
decreased by 35,040. In 2012, annual totals for events and initial claims were at
their lowest levels since 2007.
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February 14, 2013
In the fourth quarter of 2012, 1,674 extended mass layoff events involved
319,639 worker separations; both measures down from 2011.
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