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Extended Mass Layoffs in 2009 BLS U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics December 2010 Report 1025 Introduction The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducts the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program to provide information on largescale layoff events and the characteristics of the dislocated workers. This report summarizes the data on extended layoffs for all of 2009. Extended mass layoffs, as defined by the MLS program, refer to layoffs of at least 31 days’ duration that involve the filing of initial claims for unemployment insurance by 50 or more individuals from a single establishment during a period of 5 consecutive weeks. Since 2004, the detailed reports no longer cover Government and agricultural layoffs. Additional information about the program is provided in the technical note that follows the tables. In 2009, employers laid off about 2.1 million workers in 11,827 private nonfarm extended mass layoff events. Both layoff events and separations rose sharply from 2008. The numbers of layoff events and separations in 2009 registered their highest levels since annual data became available in 1996. Most of the increase in 2009 layoff activity occurred in the first quarter. (See table 1.) In terms of worker separations, historic highs for the data series were reached in 16 of 18 industry sectors, all 9 geographic Census divisions, and 28 States. Layoffs attributed to business demand factors (especially slack work or insufficient demand) accounted for more than 825,000 worker separations, the highest annual level due to demand factors on record. Layoff activity involving permanent worksite closures accounted for 9 percent of all extended mass layoff events and affected 237,821 workers in 2009. Thirty-four percent of employers reporting an extended mass layoff in 2009 indicated they anticipated some type of recall of workers, the lowest proportion since 1996. The total number of business functions reported by employers in nonseasonal layoff events in 2009 was 18,865, an increase of 55 percent from 12,177 business functions a year earlier. In 2009, the average national unemployment rate was 9.3 percent; a year earlier, it was 5.8 percent. Private nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 5 percent, or 5,910,000 jobs, from 2008 to 2009. Industry distribution of 2009 mass layoffs • In 2009, all 18 major sectors posted over-the-year increases in separations when compared with 2008. Manufacturing recorded the largest increase in extended mass layoff separations between 2008 and 2009 (+184,295), followed by administrative and waste services (+105,286) and retail trade (+54,583). (See table 3.) • Manufacturing establishments accounted for 32 percent of extended mass layoff events and separations in 2009—the highest percentages recorded for manufacturing since 1996. Within the manufacturing industry, transportation equipment (largely automobiles) and machinery manufacturing (mostly construction machinery) firms accounted for 41 percent of the separations in 2009. The number of separations due to extended mass layoffs increased in 17 of 21 manufacturing subsectors from 2008 to 2009. (See tables 2 and 3.) • Administrative and waste services accounted for 9 percent of layoff events and 12 percent of separations, largely due to business demand reasons in the administrative and support services subsector. (See table 2.) In 2009, the number of mass layoff separations (246,258) in administrative and waste services reached their highest levels since 1996. • Construction (mainly in specialty trade contractors and in heavy and civil engineering) accounted for 17 percent of private nonfarm mass layoff events and 12 percent of separations in 2009. The number of laid-off construction workers reached a historic high at 245,770, with annual data available back to 1996. (See table 2.) Sixty-three percent of all construction layoffs were due to the completion of contracts and the ending of seasonal work. Employers expected a recall in 56 percent of the construction layoff events, the second lowest percentage on record for the industry. • Among the 86 three-digit NAICS-coded industry groups in the private nonfarm economy identified in the MLS program, 68 posted increases in the number of separated workers during 2009. Of these, administrative and support services recorded the largest increase (+104,291), followed by transportation equipment manufacturing (+48,907) and machinery manufacturing (+40,410). Fourteen industries registered decreases, led by wood product manufacturing with 9,006 fewer separated workers than the previous year. In 2008, separations in wood product manufacturing reached a program high. • At the three-digit NAICS industry level, machinery manufacturing moved into the top 10 in terms of worker separations in 2009, with general merchandise stores dropping from the top 10. (See table 4.) Among the six-digit NAICS industries, light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing and commercial banking moved into the top 10 in terms of separations, replacing discount department stores and real estate credit. (See table 5.) Extended mass layoff separations, by reason categories1 2001–09 900,000 800,000 700,000 Separations 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Year Seasonal Financial issues Business demand Production specific Organizational changes Disaster/Safety 1 The chart excludes information on layoffs due to other/miscellaneous reasons. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program Reason for layoff • Based on the seven categories of economic reasons for extended mass layoffs, events related to business demand factors (contract cancellation, contract completion, domestic competition, excess inventory, import completion, and slack work) accounted for 46 percent of layoff events and 39 percent of separations, the highest percentages of both events and separations for this category in program history. (See table 6 and the chart.) • The largest over-the-year increase in layoffs, categorized by reason for layoff, occurred because of business demand factors (+308,164). This increase was largely due to more layoff activity in administrative and support services, machinery manufacturing, specialty trade contracting, and transportation equipment manufacturing. Employers citing financial issues reported the next highest increase in laidoff workers (+63,311). Layoffs due to production-specific factors had the largest decrease in worker separations when compared to 2008 (-14,315). (See tables 6 and 7.) • Within the business demand group, slack work/insufficient demand and contract completion together accounted for 93 percent of the events and separations. The number of layoff events due to excess inventory/saturated market increased from 40 in 2008 to 89 in 2009. Movement of Work • Movement of work occurred in 351 extended mass layoff events in 2009. This was 4 percent of all nonseasonal and nonvacation period extended mass layoff events and resulted in the separation of 61,994 workers. Compared with 2008, the number of events and associated job separations involving movement of work increased by 6 percent and 2 percent, respectively. (See tables 9 and 13.) • In 2009, seasonal reasons accounted for 19 percent of all extended mass layoff events and separations, down from 24 percent of events and 26 percent of separations in 2008. (See table 6.) Food services and drinking places and transit and ground passenger transportation had the largest numbers of worker separations due to the ending of seasonal work. • Among the 351 layoff events with reported relocation of work, 58 percent involved the permanent closure of worksites, which affected 37,265 workers. Manufacturing industries (largely 2 computer and electronic products and transportation equipment) accounted for 64 percent of events and 62 percent of separations in which work moved. (See table 9.) Organizational change (business ownership change and reorganization or restructuring of company) was cited as the economic reason for layoff in 37 percent of events and 35 percent of separations associated with the movement of work. (See table 10.) • The West led all regions in terms of separations (17,808) associated with movement of work, followed by the Midwest (17,684). (See table 11.) All regions, except the Midwest, experienced over-the-year increases in the number of laidoff workers in events involving some movement of work in 2009. The West recorded the largest over-the-year percentage increase (32 percent), followed by the Northeast (17 percent) and the South (14 percent). • Benefit exhaustion rates were higher for claimants in layoffs involving the movement of work than for nonseasonal and nonvacation layoffs with no movement of work. Over one-third of such claimants associated with 2009 events received final payments. Also, in movement of work events, the claimants in the oldest age category (55 years and older) were the most likely to exhaust their benefits. (See table 12.) (228 workers). Establishments with the smallest average layoff size were those in construction (122 workers), followed by real estate and rental and leasing (132 workers). (See table 16.) • Employers citing bankruptcy as the reason for layoff had the highest average layoff size per event (389 workers), followed by governmental regulations/intervention (324 workers), business-ownership change (309 workers), and extreme weather (274 workers). Layoffs due to domestic competition and energy-related issues averaged the fewest separations per layoff event (100 and 110 workers, respectively). (See table 16.) Initial claimants • In 2009, a program high 2.4 million initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with extended mass layoff events. Of these, 36 percent were women, 14 percent were Black, 16 percent were Hispanic, 34 percent were between the ages of 30 and 44, and 19 percent were 55 or older. (See tables 17 and 19.) In the total civilian labor force in 2009, 47 percent were women, 11 percent were Black, 15 percent were Hispanic, 33 percent were between the ages of 30 and 44, and 19 percent were 55 or older. • The percentage of claimants who were women decreased to a record low 36 percent in 2009. The proportion of claimants who were women was highest in health care and social assistance (83 percent) and in private educational services (68 percent). (See table 19.) • The 351 extended layoff events with movement of work in 2009 involved 491 identifiable relocations of work actions. (See table 13.) Employers were able to provide more complete separations information for 317 of the work actions. Eighty-eight percent of the 317 involved work moving within the same company, and 74 percent were domestic reassignments. For domestic relocations, employers cited California more than any other state as the location to which work was moving, followed by Texas, Indiana, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. • People of Hispanic origin accounted for 16 percent of the claimants involved in extended mass layoff events in 2009, about the same proportion as in 2008. The percentage of claimants who were Hispanic in 2009 was highest in administrative and waste services (25 percent) and health care and social assistance (24 percent). (See table 18.) • Of the 317 events with identifiable relocations of work actions, 26 percent involved work moving out-of-country. (See table 14.) In 57 percent of cases, employers reported that the work had moved to either Mexico or China. • The percentage of White claimants reached a record low in 2009 (57.9 percent), and the proportion of Black claimants was 14 percent, down from 15 percent in 2008. Establishments providing other services except public administration reported the highest percentage of Black claimants (24 percent), followed by educational services and by health care and social assistance (22 percent each). Size of layoff • Smaller-size layoffs—those involving fewer than 150 workers in the layoff event—accounted for 66 percent of the total 11,827 events in 2009, the second highest percentage for this size-category in program history. These smaller layoff events, however, accounted for only 32 percent of all separations, about the same proportion as 2008. (See table 15.) • Claimants between the ages of 30 and 44 accounted for 34 percent of all claimants from extended mass layoffs. The proportion of claimants in this age group was highest in construction (40 percent) and finance and insurance (39 percent). (See table 19.) A program high 19 percent of all claimants were aged 55 and over in 2009. The proportion of claimants in this age group was highest in management of companies and enterprises (29 percent); transportation and warehousing (26 percent); and professional and technical services (26 percent). • The average number of separations per layoff event in 2009 was 178, down from 184 in 2008. Employers reporting the worksite as permanently closed averaged 216 job separations per event, down from 240 in 2008. (See table 16.) • Among private sector employers, the accommodation and food services industry recorded the largest average number of separations per event (239 workers), followed by retail trade (229 workers) and arts, entertainment, and recreation Duration of insured unemployment • The national average duration of insured unemployment associated with extended mass layoffs was 2.3 months (as 3 • Claimants age 55 and older and claimants under the age of 30 had the highest exhaustion rates (25 percent). Women had higher exhaustion rates (26 percent) than men (22 percent). Black claimants reported higher benefit exhaustion rates (29 percent) than people of any other race or ethnic category. (See table 23.) measured by the average number of continued claims for unemployment insurance filed for the weeks that followed the initial claim and included the 12th day of the month). Among the States, Mississippi reported the longest duration of insured unemployment, with the average unemployment spell of nearly 4 months. The State with the next longest duration of insured unemployment was Colorado (with continued claims lasting an average of 3.6 months), followed by North Carolina (3.5 months) and the District of Columbia (3.4 months). Claimants experiencing the shortest insured jobless duration were separated from employers located in Kentucky, Nebraska, and North Dakota. Geographic distribution • In 2009, employers in the West reported the highest number of separations due to extended mass layoffs (710,369). (See table 24.) All four regions reached program highs for layoff events and associated separations (with data available back to 1996). All nine geographic divisions had an increase in separations in 2009, with the largest increases in the Pacific (+177,082), Middle Atlantic (+101,347), and South Atlantic (+82,363) divisions. (See table 24.) • Nationally, 24 percent of claimants associated with extended mass layoff events exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits in 2009. Among the States, North Carolina reported the highest benefit exhaustion rate (47 percent), followed by Mississippi (44 percent), Florida (40 percent), and Tennessee (39 percent). States registering the lowest percentages of exhaustees were West Virginia, Nebraska, and Colorado. (See table 20.) • California had the largest number of worker separations, 497,190, in 2009. The States with the next-highest totals of separations (including seasonal layoffs) were Illinois (140,451) and Florida (138,840). (See table 25.) Forty-six States and the District of Columbia had over-the-year increases in the number of laid-off workers, led by California (+153,323), Pennsylvania (+47,310), and New York (+39,555). • The longest average jobless duration was experienced by claimants laid off from the finance and insurance sector (3.5 months). Claimants laid off from utilities experienced the shortest period of insured joblessness (1.7 months). Benefit exhaustion rates were highest among workers in finance and insurance (40 percent), compared with workers in utilities who had the lowest rates (14 percent). (See table 21.) • In 2009, twenty-eight States—Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming— reached their highest annual totals of laid-off workers. • Claimants laid off because of organizational changes and financial issues reported the longest jobless duration (3 months and 2.9 months, respectively). The shortest duration occurred in layoffs due to disaster or safety issues (1.7 months). (See table 21.) • Eighty percent of the initial claimants associated with extended mass layoff events in 2009 resided within metropolitan areas, about the same as in 2008 (78 percent). Among the 372 metropolitan areas, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA, reported the highest number of resident initial claimants (183,917). Two hundred fifteen metropolitan areas reached program highs in 2009 (with data available back to 1996). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, entered the top 10 metropolitan areas in terms of resident initial claimants, while Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA, dropped out of the top 10. (See table 26.) • Benefit exhaustion rates were higher for claimants involved with worksite closures (40 percent), when compared with claimants affected by nonclosure layoff events. Claimants associated with layoffs from employers who did not expect a recall experienced a higher average benefit exhaustion rate (30 percent) than did workers affected by layoff events that were expected to lead to a recall (16 percent). (See table 21.) Recall expectations • In 2009, employers expected a recall in 34 percent of all extended mass layoff events, the lowest proportion in program history. Excluding seasonal and vacation-period layoffs (in which a recall was expected 94 percent of the time), a recall was expected in a program low 21 percent of events, down from 24 percent in 2008. (See table 27.) • Among the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas in terms of the level of extended mass layoff initial claims activity, claimants residing in Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO, reported the longest jobless duration (with an average of 4.1 monthly continued claims), followed by claimants living in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, (3.6 months) and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL, (3.4 months). Extended mass layoff claimants residing in Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN, experienced the shortest duration of unemployment (half a month). Benefit exhaustion rates were highest for claimants in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC (47 percent), and Miami-Fort LauderdalePompano Beach, FL (46 percent). (See table 22.) • Of those establishments expecting a recall in 2009, a program low 34 percent indicated that all workers would eventually be recall, compared with 39 percent in 2008. Seventy-three percent, also a program low, expected to recall at least half of the workers in 2009, a decrease from 80 percent in 2008. (See table 27.) 4 • In 2009, industry sectors where the expectation of recall was highest following a layoff included: arts, entertainment, and recreation (a program low 65 percent for this industry); health care and social assistance (63 percent); and construction (56 percent). Layoffs in the finance and insurance and information sectors had the lowest percentages of recall expectation, at 1 percent and 4 percent (a program low for the information industry), respectively. (See table 28.) • California registered the highest number of separations in permanent-closure-related layoff events (46,854), followed by Florida (19,830), Illinois (13,295), Pennsylvania (12,887), and Ohio (11,203). Between 2008 and 2009, the largest increases in separations due to closures were reported by Pennsylvania (+11,525), Wisconsin (+5,471), California (+5,020), and Washington (+4,108), while Ohio and Florida had the largest decreases (-11,448 and -7,241, respectively). (See table 33.) Four States reached new series highs in terms of closure-related separated workers in 2009—Delaware, Georgia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. • Employers citing organizational changes (4 percent) and financial issues (7 percent) had the lowest percentages of recall expectation. Layoffs due to seasonal reasons registered the highest recall expectations (94 percent), followed by layoffs due to disaster/safety reasons (68 percent). (See table 28.) • Among the 372 metropolitan areas, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa-Ana, CA, reported the highest number of resident initial claimants in permanent-closure-related extended mass layoff events (12,313), followed by New YorkNorthern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA, (8,799). Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL, and Sacramento-ArdenArcade-Roseville, CA, entered the top 10 metropolitan areas this year in terms of the numbers of resident initial claimants due to permanent closures, replacing Dalton, GA, and San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA. (See table 34.) • Manufacturing industries accounted for 40 percent of events and 37 percent of separations from which the employer did not expect a recall. Administrative and waste services accounted for the second-highest percentage of separations (14 percent) where no recall was expected. Retail trade, construction, and administrative and waste services accounted for the second-highest percentage of events (9 percent each). (See table 29.) • A lack of business demand, particularly from slack work and contract completion, was cited most frequently for layoffs from which no recall is expected, accounting for 61 percent of such layoff events and 56 percent of separations. Layoffs due to financial issues accounted for an additional 22 percent of layoffs events with no expectation of recall and 26 percent of separations. (See table 29.) Permanent worksite closures • Employers reported that 9 percent of private nonfarm extended mass layoff events in 2009 resulted from a permanent closure of the worksite, affecting 237,821 workers, or 11 percent of separations. Separations in permanent closures were due mostly to financial issues (109,747), followed by business demand reasons (74,058) and organizational reasons (41,430). (See table 30.) Business functions and business processes • The total number of business functions reported by employers in nonseasonal layoff events in 2009 was 18,865–an increase of 55 percent from 12,177 business functions a year earlier. (See the technical note for more information on business function information.) Just as in 2008, producing goods and construction activities were cited most often by employers in 2009 as the main business function–that which involves the most laid-off workers. Secondary functions most often reported by employers for layoff were administrative and clerical support, first-line supervision, and human resources, including recruiting. (See table 35.) • Business processes affected by extended mass layoffs during 2009 numbered 14,823–up 42 percent from 10,432 a year earlier. Over the year, the number of reports increased for all five core processes with the largest percentage increase occurring in product development. All three support processes involved in layoffs also increased, with technology and process development having the largest percentage increase. (See table 36.) • Manufacturing accounted for 44 percent of layoff events and 38 percent of separations resulting in a worksite closure. Retail trade accounted for 19 percent of the layoff events and 28 percent of separations resulting from closures during the year. (See table 31.) • Among business processes affected by mass layoff events, the most common in 2009 was operations–the process most directly related to the key activity of the establishment. The next most frequently cited business processes were general management and firm infrastructure and procurement, logistics, and distribution. Core processes among goodsproducing industries increased by 45 percent, less than the 58-percent increase registered in service-providing industries. Conversely, support processes increased by 59 percent in goods-producing industries, compared with a 44-percent increase in service-producing industries. (See table 37.) • In 2009, wood product manufacturing, machinery manufacturing, computer and electronic product manufacturing, electronics and appliance stores, and clothing and clothing accessories stores moved into the top 10 three-digit NAICS industries in terms of the number of workers laid off because of permanent closures. These industries replaced: plastics and rubber products manufacturing; furniture and home furnishings stores; food and beverage stores; hospitals; and food services and drinking places. (See table 32.) 5 Table 1. Numbers of extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, 2001–09 Initial claimants for Year/quarter Events1 Separations1 unemployment insurance1 2001 First quarter ........................................................................................................... Second quarter ...................................................................................................... Third quarter .......................................................................................................... Fourth quarter . ...................................................................................................... 1,546 1,828 1,629 2,372 304,171 430,499 330,391 459,771 306,535 358,611 336,298 456,068 Total ………………………………………………………….................................... 7,375 1,524,832 1,457,512 2002 First quarter............................................................................................................ 1,611 Second quarter ...................................................................................................... 1,624 Third quarter .......................................................................................................... 1,186 Fourth quarter . ...................................................................................................... 1,916 299,266 344,606 255,152 373,307 292,998 299,598 254,955 370,592 6,337 1,272,331 1,218,143 2003 First quarter ........................................................................................................... 1,502 Second quarter....................................................................................................... 1,799 Third quarter .......................................................................................................... 1,190 Fourth quarter . ...................................................................................................... 1,690 286,947 368,273 236,333 325,333 297,608 348,966 227,909 326,328 6,181 1,216,886 1,200,811 2004 First quarter ........................................................................................................... 1,339 Second quarter ...................................................................................................... 1,358 Third quarter .......................................................................................................... 886 Fourth quarter . ...................................................................................................... 1,427 276,503 278,831 164,608 273,967 238,392 254,063 148,575 262,049 5,010 993,909 903,079 2005 First quarter ........................................................................................................... 1,142 Second quarter ...................................................................................................... 1,203 Third quarter .......................................................................................................... 1,136 Fourth quarter . ...................................................................................................... 1,400 186,506 246,099 201,878 250,178 185,486 212,673 190,186 246,188 4,881 884,661 834,533 2006 First quarter ........................................................................................................... 963 Second quarter ...................................................................................................... 1,353 Third quarter .......................................................................................................... 929 Fourth quarter . ...................................................................................................... 1,640 183,089 295,964 160,254 296,662 193,510 264,927 161,764 330,954 4,885 935,969 951,155 2007 First quarter ........................................................................................................... 1,110 Second quarter ...................................................................................................... 1,421 Third quarter .......................................................................................................... 1,018 Fourth quarter . ...................................................................................................... 1,814 225,600 278,719 160,024 301,592 199,250 259,234 173,077 347,151 5,363 965,935 978,712 2008 First quarter ........................................................................................................... 1,340 Second quarter ...................................................................................................... 1,756 Third quarter .......................................................................................................... 1,581 Fourth quarter . ...................................................................................................... 3,582 230,098 354,713 290,453 641,714 259,292 339,630 304,340 766,780 8,259 1,516,978 1,670,042 2009 First quarter ........................................................................................................... 3,979 Second quarter ...................................................................................................... 3,395 Third quarter .......................................................................................................... 2,034 Fourth quarter . ...................................................................................................... 2,419 705,141 651,318 345,529 406,815 835,551 731,035 406,715 466,539 2,108,803 2,439,840 Total ………………………………………………………….................................... Total ................................................................................................................... Total ................................................................................................................... Total ................................................................................................................... Total ................................................................................................................... Total ................................................................................................................... Total ................................................................................................................... Total ................................................................................................................... 1 11,827 Data on layoffs were reported by employers in all States and the District of Columbia. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 6 Table 2. Industry distribution: extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, Table 2. Industry extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, 2007–09 private nonfarmdistribution: sector, 2007–09 Layoff events Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Separations Industry 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 Total, private nonfarm1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5,363 8,259 11,827 965,935 1,516,978 2,108,803 2007 2008 2009 978,712 1,670,042 2,439,840 Mining ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 39 55 196 5,381 9,128 31,825 4,794 9,757 31,188 Utilities ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 11 21 1,182 2,032 3,647 1,548 2,122 4,264 Construction ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1,365 1,724 2,021 155,401 205,457 245,770 192,462 256,363 312,787 Manufacturing ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1,366 2,586 3,835 241,319 483,984 668,279 309,670 639,691 893,502 Food ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 221 280 321 43,560 63,964 65,103 46,149 58,046 70,605 Beverage and tobacco products ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19 25 34 2,341 3,618 5,281 2,772 4,386 7,185 Textile mills ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 39 49 59 7,707 9,487 7,936 13,711 23,259 18,631 Textile product mills ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13 24 20 2,609 3,320 2,890 3,840 4,052 4,145 Apparel ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 49 48 83 6,244 6,117 13,664 6,406 7,305 12,487 Leather and allied products ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 6 6 477 678 806 645 657 777 Wood products ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 102 215 187 13,985 30,973 21,967 16,578 39,003 29,690 Paper ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29 60 99 3,675 9,958 12,206 3,701 10,168 13,041 Printing and related support activities ……………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 37 43 96 5,798 5,603 13,112 5,003 6,761 15,303 Petroleum and coal products ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 22 24 33 3,175 3,228 4,456 3,264 3,315 4,703 Chemicals ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 36 67 93 6,279 9,457 12,012 5,078 9,379 12,434 Plastics and rubber products ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 56 147 180 8,725 19,919 20,988 7,076 23,718 26,172 Nonmetallic mineral products ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 98 177 205 12,107 24,333 23,798 14,685 27,258 28,443 Primary metal ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 41 116 270 6,374 19,635 42,366 8,664 24,688 54,849 Fabricated metal products ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 74 203 356 9,944 24,845 44,286 11,786 35,606 57,402 Machinery ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 76 147 378 14,230 27,608 68,018 18,349 40,199 107,817 Computer and electronic products ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 84 159 329 14,619 26,471 51,940 13,109 27,126 60,078 Electrical equipment and appliance ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 33 74 141 5,375 14,519 20,606 11,185 19,039 26,427 Transportation equipment ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 226 574 711 59,914 156,002 204,909 104,271 245,404 301,252 Furniture and related products ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 79 103 143 9,979 17,583 20,453 10,139 23,062 30,148 Miscellaneous manufacturing ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 27 45 91 4,202 6,666 11,482 3,259 7,260 11,913 Wholesale trade ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 98 190 339 12,931 25,257 46,431 12,106 25,089 47,220 Retail trade ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 288 482 768 119,571 121,551 176,134 72,482 129,146 188,626 Transportation and warehousing ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 334 489 655 70,916 102,242 131,781 72,684 98,541 130,674 Information ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 93 204 315 13,387 38,048 54,191 16,804 39,329 73,317 Finance and insurance ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 373 405 479 66,085 92,783 98,629 67,718 86,072 101,746 Real estate and rental and leasing ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 28 51 95 3,841 6,385 12,538 3,792 7,540 13,364 Professional and technical services ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 171 257 448 49,224 67,400 87,501 38,075 51,115 81,193 Management of companies and enterprises ……………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………… 28 30 54 4,085 4,611 9,098 3,412 4,802 11,578 Administrative and waste services ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 345 671 1,083 55,806 140,972 246,258 60,473 150,952 279,691 Educational services ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 27 43 77 3,505 5,504 10,915 3,814 5,623 11,368 Health care and social assistance ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 260 319 393 40,364 44,230 53,861 30,571 36,250 51,006 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 139 178 254 45,208 52,142 57,874 17,109 21,996 39,232 Accommodation and food services ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 303 458 644 63,814 101,642 154,146 58,922 91,979 149,143 Other services, except public administration ……………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………… 93 102 148 13,069 12,769 19,660 11,689 13,178 19,676 Unclassified ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 4 2 846 841 265 587 497 Selected industry groupings Clothing manufacturing and distribution …………………………………………………………………………………. 180 244 403 36,370 69,329 Food processing and distribution ………………………………………………………………………………………… 525 672 816 157,868 152,387 11 22 265 2 See 1. Seefootnote footnote1,1,table table 1. See the technical note for descriptions of these industry groupings. See the technical note for descriptions of these industry groupings. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 7 87,395 185,872 50,384 109,441 97,486 132,620 112,594 187,663 Table 3. Over-the-year change in extended mass layoff separations by industry, private nonfarm sector, Table 3. Over-the-year change in extended mass layoff separations by industry, private nonfarm sector, 2007–08 and 2008–09 2007–08 and 2008–09 2007–08 2008–09 Industry Level change Percent change Level change Total, private nonfarm1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 551,043 57.0 591,825 Mining .................................................................................................. 3,747 Utilities ................................................................................................... 850 Construction ..................................................................................... 50,056 Manufacturing .................................................................................. 242,665 Food .............................................................................................. 20,404 Beverage and tobacco products .............................................. 1,277 Textile mills ................................................................................... 1,780 Textile product mills ................................................................................... 711 Apparel ........................................................................................... -127 Leather and allied products ...................................................... 201 Wood products ............................................................................. 16,988 Paper .............................................................................................. 6,283 Printing and related support activities .............................. -195 Petroleum and coal products .............................................. 53 Chemicals ....................................................................................3,178 Percent change 39.0 69.6 71.9 32.2 100.6 46.8 54.5 23.1 27.3 -2.0 42.1 121.5 171.0 -3.4 1.7 50.6 22,697 1,615 40,313 184,295 1,139 1,663 -1,551 -430 7,547 128 -9,006 2,248 7,509 1,228 2,555 248.7 79.5 19.6 38.1 1.8 46.0 -16.3 -13.0 123.4 18.9 -29.1 22.6 134.0 38.0 27.0 Plastics and rubber products ................................................ 11,194 Nonmetallic mineral products ................................................ 12,226 Primary metal .............................................................................. 13,261 Fabricated metal products ...................................................... 14,901 Machinery .................................................................................... 13,378 Computer and electronic products ...................................... 11,852 Electrical equipment and appliance ................................... 9,144 Transportation equipment .................................................... 96,088 Furniture and related products .............................................. 7,604 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................................. 2,464 128.3 101.0 208.0 149.8 94.0 81.1 170.1 160.4 76.2 58.6 1,069 -535 22,731 19,441 40,410 25,469 6,087 48,907 2,870 4,816 5.4 -2.2 115.8 78.2 146.4 96.2 41.9 31.4 16.3 72.2 Wholesale trade ............................................................................... 12,326 Retail trade ........................................................................................ 1,980 Transportation and warehousing .............................................. 31,326 Information ......................................................................................... 24,661 Finance and insurance ..................................................................26,698 Real estate and rental and leasing ................................................... 2,544 Professional and technical services ...................................... 18,176 Management of companies and enterprises ...................... 526 Administrative and waste services .......................................... 85,166 Educational services ..................................................................... 1,999 Health care and social assistance ........................................... 3,866 Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......................................... 6,934 Accommodation and food services ...................................... 37,828 Other services, except public administration ....................... -300 95.3 1.7 44.2 184.2 40.4 66.2 36.9 12.9 152.6 57.0 9.6 15.3 59.3 -2.3 21,174 54,583 29,539 16,143 5,846 6,153 20,101 4,487 105,286 5,411 9,631 5,732 52,504 6,891 83.8 44.9 28.9 42.4 6.3 96.4 29.8 97.3 74.7 98.3 21.8 11.0 51.7 54.0 -.6 -576 -68.5 18,066 33,485 26.1 22.0 Unclassified .............................................................................................................. -5 Selected industry groupings2 Clothing manufacturing and distribution …………………………………………………………………………………. 32,959 90.6 Food processing and distribution ………………………………………………………………………………………… -5,481 -3.5 11 See footnote 1, table See footnote 1, table 1. 1. See the technical note for descriptions of these industry groupings. See the technical note for descriptions of these industry groupings. 3 Percentage could not be calculated because the denominator is zero. 22 3 Percentage could not be calculated because the denominator is zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 8 Table 4. Industry distribution: extended mass layoff events and separations, private nonfarm sector, 50 highest three-digit NAICS industries, 2008–09 Table 4. Industry distribution: extended mass layoff events and separations, private nonfarm sector, 50 highest three-digit NAICS industries, 2008–09 2008 2009 Industry NAICS Events Separations Events Separations Rank1 Rank1 2 Total, private nonfarm ...................................................................................................................................................................................... … 8,259 1,516,978 … 11,827 2,108,803 Total, 50 highest industries ...................................................................................................................................................................................... … 7,713 1,444,604 … 10,943 1,985,803 … … Administrative and support services ………………………………………… 561 661 Transportation equipment manufacturing …………………………………….. 336 574 Specialty trade contractors…………………………………………………………. 238 795 Food services and drinking places ……………………………………………….. 722 287 Heavy and civil engineering construction …………………………………………… 237 630 Professional and technical services ………………………………………………… 541 257 Machinery manufacturing ……………………………………………………………… 333 147 Food manufacturing …………………………………………………………………… 311 280 Transit and ground passenger transportation …………………………………….. 485 221 Credit intermediation and related activities ………………………………………… 522 256 140,111 156,002 84,017 67,543 83,230 67,400 27,608 63,964 45,924 63,166 2 1 3 5 4 6 15 7 9 8 1,062 711 1,002 334 677 448 378 321 259 263 244,402 204,909 110,662 95,233 91,305 87,501 68,018 65,103 65,005 60,578 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Accommodation ……………………………………………………………………….. 721 171 General merchandise stores …………………………………………………………. 452 119 Computer and electronic product manufacturing …………………………………. 334 159 Fabricated metal product manufacturing …………………………………………… 332 203 Construction of buildings ……………………………………………………………….. 236 299 Primary metal manufacturing ………………………………………………………….. 331 116 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ……………………………………….. 713 90 Social assistance ……………………………………………….. 624 218 Electronics and appliance stores …………………………….. 443 22 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods ………………………. 423 106 34,099 44,496 26,471 24,845 38,210 19,635 37,756 25,897 8,036 12,858 13 10 16 18 11 21 12 17 44 30 310 184 329 356 342 270 133 264 67 200 58,913 57,943 51,940 44,286 43,803 42,366 40,530 32,053 29,174 27,995 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Insurance carriers and related activities ……………………… 524 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing …………………. 327 Truck transportation …………………………………………….. 484 Wood product manufacturing …………………………………… 321 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing …………………. 326 Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. ……………………….. 335 Furniture and related product manufacturing …………………… 337 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ……………………… 448 Support activities for mining …………………………………….. 213 Publishing industries, except Internet ………………………….. 511 93 177 103 215 147 74 103 49 17 83 16,872 24,333 14,585 30,973 19,919 14,519 17,583 13,091 3,708 10,717 23 19 26 14 20 27 22 29 55 37 137 205 164 187 180 141 143 118 104 118 24,453 23,798 22,532 21,967 20,988 20,606 20,453 17,898 17,895 17,507 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Telecommunications ………………………………………………… 517 65 Performing arts and spectator sports ………………………………………….. 711 82 Couriers and messengers ……………………………………….. 492 36 Food and beverage stores ……………………………………. 445 39 Nonstore retailers ………………………………………………….. 454 60 Hospitals …………………………………………………………. 622 47 Apparel manufacturing ……………………………………………. 315 48 Mining, except oil and gas ………………………………………. 212 36 Printing and related support activities …………………………….. 323 43 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods …………………………… 424 66 10,836 13,524 15,232 11,358 15,074 12,811 6,117 5,127 5,603 10,143 36 28 24 35 25 31 49 52 50 38 96 111 46 78 64 71 83 87 96 103 17,452 15,936 15,409 14,743 14,250 14,131 13,664 13,165 13,112 13,015 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Securities, commodity contracts, investments ………………………………….. 523 52 Paper manufacturing …………………………………………………. 322 60 Building material and garden supply stores ……………………………. 444 49 Chemical manufacturing ………………………………………………. 325 67 Miscellaneous manufacturing …………………………………….. 339 45 Motion picture and sound recording industries ……………………… 512 27 Educational services ……………………………………………………………….. 611 43 Air transportation ………………………………………………….. 481 43 Management of companies and enterprises …………………………. 551 30 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores …………………….. 451 17 12,374 9,958 8,644 9,457 6,666 12,246 5,504 12,607 4,611 1,844 33 39 42 41 46 34 51 32 54 69 72 99 69 93 91 48 77 49 54 49 12,770 12,206 12,202 12,012 11,482 11,444 10,915 10,450 9,098 8,531 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 11 2 2 Industries areare ranked by the of separations in 2009. Industries ranked bynumber the number of separations in 2009. See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 9 Table 5. Industry distribution: extended mass layoff separations, private nonfarm sector, 50 highest six-digit NAICS Table 5. Industry distribution: extended mass layoff separations, private nonfarm sector, 50 highest six-digit NAICS industries, 2007–09 industries, 2007–09 2007 2008 2009 Industry NAICS Separations Separations Separations Rank1 Rank1 Rank1 2 Total, private nonfarm ...................................................................................................................................................................................... … 965,935 … 1,516,978 … 2,108,803 … Total, 50 highest industries ...................................................................................................................................................................................... … 577,111 … 817,364 … 1,107,427 … Temporary help services ………………………………………………………………..\ 561320 19,972 Professional employer organizations ……………………………………………….. 561330 6,552 Food service contractors ……………………………………………………….. 722310 32,238 School and employee bus transportation ……………………………………………. 485410 47,560 Automobile manufacturing …………………………………………………………… 336111 16,998 Highway, street, and bridge construction …………………………………………… 237310 47,686 Hotels and motels, except casino hotels …………………………………………… 721110 17,061 Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing ……………………………………………. 336112 5,852 Tax preparation services ………………………………………………………………. 541213 24,703 Commercial banking …………………………………………………………………….. 522110 7,821 7 27 4 3 10 2 8 28 5 20 53,117 41,588 38,990 41,427 40,728 50,788 20,943 17,206 32,613 13,480 1 3 6 4 5 2 10 15 7 19 114,884 71,552 62,892 58,057 52,395 50,359 38,589 34,365 29,724 27,247 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Radio, TV, and other electronics stores ……………………………………………… 443112 2,217 Discount department stores …………………………………………………………… 452112 10,870 Department stores, except discount …………………………………………………. 452111 6,751 Commercial building construction …………………………………………………… 236220 9,470 Nonresidential electrical contractors ………………………………………………….. 238212 9,341 Child day care services ……………………………………………………………….. 624410 17,059 Amusement and theme parks ………………………………………………………… 713110 16,261 Casino hotels ……………………………………………………………………………. 721120 3,441 Iron and steel mills ………………………………………………………………………. 331111 790 Fruit and vegetable canning ………………………………………………………………. 311421 10,851 92 14 26 16 17 9 12 60 200 15 6,744 21,142 20,059 16,928 14,249 17,301 12,009 12,957 7,513 18,473 52 9 12 16 18 14 27 22 43 13 27,232 24,302 24,151 22,547 21,924 20,031 19,481 19,424 17,526 16,855 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Oil and gas pipeline construction ……………………………………………………… 237120 4,961 Industrial building construction …………………………………………………………. 236210 7,451 Aircraft manufacturing …………………………………………………………………… 336411 776 Couriers and express delivery services ………………………………………………. 492110 3,977 Semiconductors and related device mfg. …………………………………………… 334413 3,880 Nonresidential plumbing and HVAC contractors ………………………………….. 238222 6,981 General medical and surgical hospitals ……………………………………………. 622110 8,154 Telemarketing and other contact centers …………………………………………… 561422 3,189 Supermarkets and other grocery stores …………………………………………… 445110 61,988 3 ( ) Construction machinery manufacturing ……………………………………………….. 333120 35 23 203 47 50 24 18 65 1 578 12,859 12,765 4,361 15,232 7,840 10,197 12,535 8,837 9,648 1,856 23 24 82 17 40 31 25 37 33 151 16,308 16,204 15,264 15,237 14,822 14,772 13,913 13,770 13,227 12,751 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Nonresidential drywall contractors …………………………………………………….. 238312 4,373 All other motor vehicle parts manufacturing …………………………………………… 336399 4,253 Skiing facilities ……………………………………………………………………………. 713920 16,481 Mail-order houses ……………………………………………………………………….. 454113 12,058 Savings institutions ……………………………………………………………………. 522120 4,613 Wired telecommunications carriers ………………………………………………….. 517110 1,963 Power and communication system construction …………………………………… 237130 5,427 Family clothing stores ……………………………………………………………….. 448140 2,377 Motion picture and video production …………………………………………………. 512110 3,208 Full-service restaurants ……………………………………………………………….. 722110 4,847 43 44 11 13 40 106 33 85 63 37 9,123 13,271 20,706 12,040 8,266 7,112 6,673 4,962 8,866 13,133 34 20 11 26 38 46 53 70 36 21 12,564 12,180 12,035 12,017 11,242 11,170 11,139 11,025 10,626 10,597 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Support activities for oil and gas operations …………………………………………. 213112 – Home centers ……………………………………………………………………………. 444110 2,812 Payroll services ………………………………………………………………………….. 541214 3,999 All other plastics product manufacturing …………………………………………… 326199 3,917 Scheduled passenger air transportation ……………………………………………. 481111 446 Motor vehicle seating and interior trim mfg. …………………………………………. 336360 5,802 Newspaper publishers ……………………………………………………………….. 511110 798 3 ( ) Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars …………………………………………… 722213 Fresh and frozen seafood processing ……………………………………………….. 311712 7,831 Motor vehicle power train components mfg. ………………………………………….. 336350 2,016 – 1,962 7,088 6,569 10,613 10,703 7,230 6,194 5,956 7,659 5,296 145 48 54 29 28 45 58 61 42 67 10,446 9,840 9,678 9,480 9,224 8,942 8,904 8,880 8,820 8,813 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 1 1 Industries ranked bynumber the number of separations in 2009. Industries areare ranked by the of separations in 2009. See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. 3 Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. 72 46 48 297 30 198 496 19 104 NOTE: Dash represents zero. 2 2 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 10 Table 6. Reason for layoff: extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, Table 6. nonfarm Reason for layoff: extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, 2007–09 private sector, 2007–09 Layoff events Reason for layoff1 2007 2008 Initial Initial claimants claimants for for unemployment unemploymentinsurance insurance Separations 2009 2007 2008 2009 Total, private nonfarm, all reasons1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5,363 8,259 11,827 965,935 1,516,978 2,108,803 2007 2008 2009 978,712 1,670,042 2,439,840 825,083 359,654 733,238 1,140,737 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 73 141 250 11,165 24,261 39,104 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 897 946 1,210 107,461 133,905 212,535 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 7 12 1,769 1,416 1,200 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... 38 40 84 7,424 8,111 15,942 Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 73 54 22 11,589 9,679 3,192 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 792 2,200 3,826 108,648 339,547 553,110 10,740 144,752 1,512 8,521 15,519 25,776 177,084 2,191 7,835 10,467 46,701 273,370 1,615 32,853 3,002 178,610 509,885 783,196 73,922 120,199 136,415 16,201 57,721 18,190 102,009 21,097 115,318 92,659 148,912 244,644 9,237 41,312 42,110 24,813 64,731 59,368 55,642 133,378 55,624 23,552 25,519 10,876 1,781 ( 2) 2,482 1,419 2,059 4,847 2,480 6,205 3,940 933 2,830 2,225 3,985 3,010 8,442 2,431 545 ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 4 6 476 1,098 697 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 51 10 2,068 7,694 2,743 ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) 440 2,046 ( 2) 813 7,275 484 – 739 1,208 318,866 348,851 394,620 245,509 73,357 280,600 68,251 306,526 88,094 508,112 107,049 284,881 510,117 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 41 89 126 6,684 14,828 19,537 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 205 299 558 38,088 79,208 142,104 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... 381 1,056 1,799 60,026 187,771 346,471 7,959 38,035 61,055 19,120 78,537 187,224 21,560 142,023 346,534 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,888 3,388 5,404 248,056 516,919 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 397 517 573 124,175 123,355 120,233 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 101 93 113 72,914 45,375 34,875 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 296 424 460 51,261 77,980 85,358 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 455 763 1,075 101,556 165,426 228,737 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 65 136 178 17,377 40,553 69,323 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 176 352 615 34,443 53,781 92,666 Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 214 275 282 49,736 71,092 66,748 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 84 107 62 19,686 27,181 12,866 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 12 5 1,851 1,703 744 10 1,308 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 21 15 2,637 5,505 4,854 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 19 7 4,927 9,134 1,584 2 1,163 3,446 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 15 ( 2) ( ) 3 5 617 1,195 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2) ( 2) Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 16 8 3,141 3,351 1,201 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 11 16 1,237 2,117 2,595 Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 32 58 19 3,388 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,880 1,982 2,211 364,276 9,165 393,125 409,787 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,479 1,589 1,714 290,527 326,608 318,119 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... 401 393 497 73,749 66,517 91,668 Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 627 1,444 2,483 104,798 281,807 1 1 2 2 See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. Data not meet meet BLS disclosure standards. standards. Data do do not BLS or or State State agency agency disclosure ( 2) 1,670 7,041 1,520 NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 11 956 ( 2) 3,227 1,138 ( 2) 1,065 1,239 2,312 Table Over-the-year change in separations by reason layoff,for private nonfarm sector, 2007–08 and 2008–09 Table7.7. Over-the-year change in separations by for reason layoff, private nonfarm sector, 2007–08 and 2008–09 2007–08 Reason for layoff Level change 2008–09 Percent change Level change Percent change 1 Total, private nonfarm, all reasons ..................................................................................................................................................................... 551,043 57.0 591,825 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 268,863 108.4 308,164 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13,096 117.3 14,843 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26,444 24.6 78,630 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... -353 -20.0 -216 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... 687 9.3 7,831 Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... -1,910 -16.5 -6,487 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 230,899 212.5 213,563 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... -820 -0.7 -3,122 39.0 59.6 61.2 58.7 -15.3 96.5 -67.0 62.9 -2.5 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... -27,539 -37.8 -10,500 -23.1 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26,719 52.1 7,378 9.5 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 63,870 62.9 63,311 38.3 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23,176 133.4 28,770 70.9 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19,338 56.1 38,885 72.3 Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21,356 42.9 -4,344 -6.1 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7,495 38.1 -14,315 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... -148 -8.0 -959 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,868 108.8 -651 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4,207 85.4 -7,550 2 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,283 196.3 ( ) 578 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2) ( 2) Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 210 6.7 -2,150 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 880 71.1 478 Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5,777 170.5 -5,180 2 2 ( ) ( 2) ( ) Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( ) ( ) ( 2) Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... 622 130.7 -401 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5,626 272.1 -4,951 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28,849 7.9 16,662 -52.7 -56.3 ( 2) -11.8 -82.7 ( 2) 93.7 -64.2 22.6 -56.5 2 ( ) ( 2) -36.5 -64.3 4.2 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 36,081 12.4 -8,489 -2.6 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... -7,232 -9.8 25,151 37.8 Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 177,009 168.9 226,305 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8,144 121.8 4,709 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 41,120 108.0 62,896 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... 127,745 212.8 158,700 11 2 2 See footnote 1, 1, table 1. 1. See footnote table Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 12 80.3 31.8 79.4 84.5 Table 8. Number of separations in extended mass layoff events by State and by selected higher level category for layoff, 1 Table 8. Number of separations in extended mass layoff events by State and by selected higher level category for layoff,1 privatenonfarm nonfarmsector, sector, 2009 private 2009 Separations State Total Business demand Financial issues Organizational changes Production specific Disaster/safety Total, private nonfarm2 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,108,803 825,083 120,233 228,737 12,866 Alabama .................................................................................. 22,102 3,859 Alaska .................................................................................. 16,707 1,898 Arizona .................................................................................. 21,402 5,469 Arkansas .................................................................................. 9,397 4,303 California .................................................................................. 497,190 133,966 Colorado .................................................................................. 24,057 11,286 Connecticut .................................................................................. 15,148 3,232 Delaware .................................................................................. 4,728 1,533 District of Columbia .................................................................................. 1,464 464 Florida .................................................................................. 138,840 106,420 Georgia .................................................................................. 20,536 14,112 Hawaii .................................................................................. 3,811 1,378 Idaho .................................................................................. 8,337 3,083 Illinois .................................................................................. 140,451 70,154 Indiana .................................................................................. 39,600 23,624 Iowa .................................................................................. 10,473 7,696 Kansas .................................................................................. 19,818 9,590 Kentucky .................................................................................. 35,464 9,450 Louisiana .................................................................................. 23,288 9,851 Maine .................................................................................. 7,826 2,165 Maryland .................................................................................. 9,969 1,425 Massachusetts .................................................................................. 19,669 1,792 Michigan .................................................................................. 89,727 49,592 Minnesota .................................................................................. 39,799 19,250 Mississippi .................................................................................. 6,865 4,202 Missouri .................................................................................. 45,179 14,679 3 ( ) – 2,251 (3) 34,603 – 937 (3) – 7,548 384 5,995 736 894 685 55,181 1,382 847 (3) (3) 5,199 5,206 (3) (3) (3) (3) 11,636 1,641 12,737 3,855 1,115 1,078 2,546 2,972 (3) 1,018 1,473 710 (3) 861 1,540 10,477 (3) 715 9,477 3,264 3,840 2,437 875 (3) – 1,336 (3) Montana .................................................................................. 4,971 1,475 Nebraska .................................................................................. 4,168 718 Nevada .................................................................................. 33,851 25,038 New Hampshire .................................................................................. 3,994 1,281 New Jersey .................................................................................. 67,947 14,034 New Mexico .................................................................................. 10,991 4,547 New York .................................................................................. 125,569 30,455 North Carolina .................................................................................. 33,602 10,490 North Dakota .................................................................................. 4,659 3,348 Ohio .................................................................................. 114,879 68,168 Oklahoma .................................................................................. 12,162 9,494 Oregon .................................................................................. 33,750 10,162 Pennsylvania .................................................................................. 117,345 27,670 – 991 513 – 2,599 369 5,432 2,307 – 3,189 – 1,173 3,603 Rhode Island .................................................................................. 2,969 1,036 South Carolina .................................................................................. 19,807 4,186 South Dakota .................................................................................. 949 371 Tennessee .................................................................................. 27,494 10,563 Texas .................................................................................. 63,598 27,470 Utah .................................................................................. 9,980 5,570 Vermont .................................................................................. 5,725 2,143 Virginia .................................................................................. 17,862 6,068 Washington .................................................................................. 40,171 18,332 West Virginia .................................................................................. 9,167 4,010 Wisconsin .................................................................................. 66,195 23,160 Wyoming .................................................................................. 5,151 821 352 258 – 592 5,891 – (3) 5,070 – 806 886 (3) 1,014 15,071 1,350 (3) 2,192 3,966 609 1,634 – Puerto Rico .................................................................................. 5,635 3,160 (3) 1,355 1,128 6,043 1,003 11,853 1,024 7,147 9,348 – 21,538 1,452 2,470 15,172 (3) 929 3,429 – – (3) – 2,229 (3) – (3) – 1,373 (3) (3) (3) 357 619 – – 975 (3) – 269 310 (3) – (3) (3) – – – – (3) – 941 (3) (3) (3) – (3) – – – – Seasonal 3,985 409,787 – – – – – – – – – 1,439 13,170 4,307 771 46,033 8,731 3,500 953 760 13,361 – (3) – – – – – – 498 2,045 – – – (3) – – – – – – – – – – (3) (3) – (3) (3) – (3) (3) 2,887 38,766 9,711 1,482 1,243 4,608 4,453 4,358 1,702 6,349 13,615 15,588 – 14,630 2,906 1,331 1,848 1,710 33,763 2,689 39,056 949 1,201 20,016 – 12,824 25,499 – 460 961 (3) – (3) – – (3) – – – – – – – (3) 22,211 4,330 391 – (3) (3) (3) – – (3) 279 – (3) 4,744 2,513 2,671 2,977 4,682 6,641 3 1 not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Data Dash do represents zero. 22 NOTE: Dashofrepresents zero.Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau Labor Statistics, Thehigher higherlevel level category "other/miscellaneous" not displayed. The category "other/miscellaneous" is not is displayed. See 1, 1, table 1. 1. Seefootnote footnote table 3 Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. 1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: 13 Table 9. Movement of work: nonseasonal and nonvacation period extended mass layoff events, separations, Table 9. Movement of work: nonseasonal and nonvacation period extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance byunemployment major industry, private nonfarm and initial claimants for insurance by sector, major 2009 industry, private nonfarm sector, 2009 Layoff events Industry Work moved Work not moved or unknown Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Separations Work moved Work not moved or unknown Work moved Total, private nonfarm1..................................................................................................................................................................... 351 9,265 61,694 1,637,322 58,689 Mining .................................................................................................. 6 164 Utilities ................................................................................................... 16 – 2 1,471 Construction ..................................................................................... ( ) Manufacturing .................................................................................. 224 3,319 Food ................................................................................................. 16 142 22 Beverage and tobacco products ..............................................( 2 ) Textile mills ............................................................................................. 3 55 Textile product mills ................................................................................... 4 16 Apparel ........................................................................................... 7 69 4 Leather and allied products ......................................................( 2 ) Wood products ............................................................................. 3 182 Paper ............................................................................................... 8 85 Printing and related support activities ................................. 7 77 13 Petroleum and coal products ..................................................... ( 2) Chemicals ........................................................................................ 8 Plastics and rubber products ................................................ 12 Nonmetallic mineral products ................................................ ( 2 ) Primary metal .............................................................................. 12 Fabricated metal products ...................................................... 19 Machinery .................................................................................... 17 …. Computer and electronic products ...................................... 40 Electrical equipment and appliance .........................................11 Transportation equipment ....................................................... 31 Furniture and related products .............................................. 10 Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................................................10 1,077 – 2 ( ) 38,171 3,014 2 ( ) 198 780 1,316 2 ( ) 577 809 992 ( 2) 82 167 167 258 330 351 288 129 676 131 75 1,586 1,523 293 646 384 284 464 88 374 40 968 48 158 81 373 92 2,087 4,435 2,151 2,811 2,809 Unclassified .............................................................................................................. – 2 Wholesale trade ............................................................................... 20 Retail trade ........................................................................................ 17 Transportation and warehousing .............................................. 13 Information ......................................................................................... 17 Finance and insurance ..................................................................13 Real estate and rental and leasing ................................................... ( 2) Professional and technical services ...................................... 7 Management of companies and enterprises ...................... 4 Administrative and waste services .......................................... 12 Educational services ..................................................................... ( 2) Health care and social assistance ........................................... 4 Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......................................... ( 2 ) Accommodation and food services ...................................... 4 Other services, except public administration ....................... 3 11 22 See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. 27,418 2,982 180,375 577,764 27,031 3,774 7,688 2,110 11,776 605 21,268 10,744 10,214 1,799 813 – 2 ( ) 36,833 2,680 2 ( ) 289 727 1,293 2 ( ) 499 945 1,042 ( 2) Work not moved or unknown 1,986,531 26,500 3,452 232,841 795,222 31,722 4,118 18,251 3,418 10,614 539 28,864 11,344 11,268 1,636 10,176 19,355 18,666 40,813 41,057 63,130 44,906 18,253 197,440 18,720 8,239 860 1,338 2,013 4,929 2,584 2,666 1,760 ( 2) 813 306 40,523 149,065 74,884 48,068 95,710 10,676 56,836 4,902 227,937 5,980 26,401 13,193 81,986 12,357 ( 2) 1,789 436 42,044 155,270 78,806 64,109 99,855 12,518 60,342 6,817 261,475 7,235 24,216 14,167 89,213 12,184 – 265 – 265 ( 2) 1,553 2,433 3,116 6,904 2,155 6,786 1,594 2,029 ( 2) 1,676 722 1,984 ( 2) 837 ( 2) 1,375 1,906 3,497 5,989 1,886 8,158 1,599 1,952 ( 2) 1,086 830 1,868 ( 2) 320 11,175 24,663 21,352 53,474 54,160 101,063 53,868 24,295 292,083 28,372 8,943 NOTE: Dash represents zero. Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 14 Table10. 10.Movement Movementofofwork: work: nonseasonal nonvacation period extended separations, Table nonseasonal andand nonvacation period extended mass mass layoff layoff events,events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by reason for layoff, private nonfarm sector, 2009 and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by reason for layoff, private nonfarm sector, 2009 Layoff events Reason for layoff Work moved Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Separations Work not moved or unknown Work moved Work not moved or unknown Work not moved or unknown Work moved Total, private nonfarm1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 351 9,265 61,694 1,637,322 58,689 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 121 5,283 18,630 806,453 18,303 1,986,531 1,122,434 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 242 1,430 37,674 1,083 2 2 2 1,208 212,373 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( ) ( ) ( ) Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 7 583 617 538 2 2 2 81 15,320 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( ) ( ) ( ) Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 7 1,952 1,240 2,005 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 88 3,738 13,881 539,229 13,942 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 130 443 21,414 98,819 20,619 45,618 273,263 1,077 32,225 997 769,254 115,796 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 100 2,888 31,987 2,125 18,972 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 117 343 18,526 66,832 18,494 96,824 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 80 995 18,071 210,666 16,376 228,268 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 171 1,812 67,511 869 54,773 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 60 555 12,049 80,617 11,618 121,760 Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 269 4,210 62,538 3,889 51,735 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 53 1,135 11,731 2 2 2 2 1,502 9,374 2 2 ( 4) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 644 840 2 2 2 ( 1) ( ) ( ) Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – 110 – 110 Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 15 – 4,854 – 3,227 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 7 – 1,584 – 1,138 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 5 – 583 – 829 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 5 – 1,195 – 1,065 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 8 – 1,201 – 1,239 8 1,560 926 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 19 – 3,985 – 2,431 Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 3 – 545 – 484 Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – – Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 6 – 697 – 739 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 10 – 2,743 – 1,208 Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 2,472 2,444 505,668 1,889 508,228 ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 116 17,443 19,833 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 558 – 142,104 – 142,023 1,798 346,121 346,372 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2) ( 2) ( 2) 1 1 22 See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. Data do BLS or State agency disclosure standards. Data donot notmeet meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program NOTE: Dash represents zero. 15 Table 11. Movement of work: nonseasonal and nonvacation period extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial Table 11. Movement of work: nonseasonal and nonvacation period extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment claimantsby for unemployment by Census region division, private nonfarm sector, 2009 insurance Census region and insurance division, private nonfarm sector,and 2009 Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Census region and division Work moved Work not moved or unknown Work moved Work not moved or unknown United States1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 351 9,265 61,694 1,637,322 Work moved Work not moved or unknown 58,689 1,986,531 Northeast ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47 1,465 8,577 239,943 8,092 280,984 New England ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 229 4,033 31,944 Middle Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 1,236 4,544 207,999 2,959 5,133 35,912 245,072 17,142 444,518 8,672 6,100 2,370 269,415 78,601 96,502 17,551 582,098 13,313 4,238 470,642 111,456 583,259 15,904 678,931 Mountain ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 530 3,646 84,725 Pacific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 72 2,967 14,162 498,534 1,959 13,945 97,042 581,889 South ..................................................................................................................................................................... 107 2,076 17,625 395,774 South Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 50 1,186 8,306 223,251 East South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40 409 5,180 75,954 West South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 481 4,139 96,569 Midwest ..................................................................................................................................................................... 113 2,227 17,684 418,346 East North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 82 1,700 12,928 333,605 West North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 527 4,756 84,741 West ..................................................................................................................................................................... 84 3,497 17,808 1 1 See See footnote table 1. footnote1,1, table 1. NOTE: The States (and the District of Columbia) that make up the census NOTE: The States (and the District of Columbia) that make up the census divisions divisions are: New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New are: New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic—New Jersey, New and Vermont; Middle Atlantic—New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic— York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central—Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and West Virginia; East South Central—Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West Central—Arkansas, Louisiana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Eastand North Tennessee; WestSouth South Central—Arkansas, Oklahoma, Central—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; Texas; East North Central—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,West Ohio,North and Central—Iowa, Wisconsin; Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Dakota, Missouri, and SouthNebraska, Dakota; Mountain— West North Central—Iowa, Kansas, North Minnesota, North Arizona,and Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming; and Dakota, South Idaho, Dakota; Mountain—Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Pacific—Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Washington. Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, andOregon, Wyoming; and Pacific—Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 16 Table12. 12. Movement of work: nonseasonal and nonvacation period unemployment insurance benefit Table Movement of work: nonseasonal and nonvacation period unemployment insurance benefit exhaustion rates by selected claimant characteristics, private nonfarm sector, 2009 exhaustion rates by selected claimant characteristics, private nonfarm sector, 2009 Initial claims for unemployment insurance Characteristic Work moved Final payments for unemployment insurance Work not moved or unknown Percentage of initial claimants receiving final payments Work not moved or unknown Work moved Work moved Work not moved or unknown 37.2 25.1 34.9 38.5 35.9 39.3 16.9 26.4 24.8 23.5 27.1 9.0 35.3 39.3 41.6 23.1 29.0 22.4 35.1 43.3 36.7 42.2 43.0 36.4 22.8 31.1 26.3 27.3 29.3 26.1 1 Total, private nonfarm ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 58,689 1,986,531 21,861 498,252 Age Under 30 years of age ……………………………………… 8,599 398,209 3,005 30–44 ……………………………………………………………………………. 18,882 693,914 7,264 45–54 …………………………………………………………………………………. 17,873 527,299 6,420 55 years of age or over …………………………………………………………… 13,033 354,271 5,121 Not available ……………………………………………………………………………………… 302 12,838 51 105,273 172,005 123,980 95,840 1,154 Gender Male ………………………………………………………………………………. 31,722 1,307,354 11,213 302,299 Female ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24,660 663,255 9,689 192,392 Not available ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2,307 15,922 959 3,561 Race/ethnicity White …………………………………………………………………………………………… 31,331 1,142,747 10,992 Black ………………………………………………………………………………………. 9,368 270,195 4,052 Hispanic origin ……………………………………………………………………… 7,340 323,863 2,694 American Indian or Alaska Native ……………………………………. 398 14,469 168 Asian or Pacific Islander …………………………………………………………………. 3,374 75,697 1,452 Not available ……………………………………………………………………………………… 6,878 159,560 2,503 11 261,084 84,157 85,211 3,953 22,207 41,640 See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program Table Extended mass layofflayoff events and separations, selected measures, 2007–09 Table13.13. Extended mass events and separations, selected measures, 2007–09 Layoff events Action 2007 2008 1 Separations 2009 2007 2008 2009 Total private nonfarm …………………………………………………………….…… 5,363 8,259 11,827 965,935 1,516,978 2,108,803 Total, excluding seasonal and vacation events2………………………………… 3,483 6,277 9,616 601,659 1,123,853 1,699,016 Total, movement of work3 ………………………………………………..……… 267 332 351 46,459 60,956 61,994 1 Movement of work actions ………………………………………………… 352 443 491 4 ( ) ( 4) ( 4) With separations reported ……………………………………………… 253 319 317 30,179 35,076 32,228 With separations unknown ………………………………………..…… 99 124 174 ( ) 4 ( ) 4 ( ) 3 Movementperiod." of work can involve more than one action. either "seasonal work" or "vacation 4 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers Data are not available. 3 when the The questions on movement of work were not Movement of work can involve more than one action. reason for layoff was either “seasonal work” or “vacation period.” SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 4 2 1 2 See footnote 1. 1. See footnote1,1,table table 4 asked of employers when the reason for layoff was Data are not available. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 17 Table 14. Movement of work actions by type of separation where number of separations Table 14. Movement of work 2007–09 actions by type of separation where number of separations is known by employers, 2007–09 is known by employers, Actions Activities 2007 1 2008 With separations reported2…………………………………..………………….............................. 253 319 Separations 2009 2007 2008 2009 317 30,179 35,076 32,228 81 72 9 11,856 9,887 1,969 11,431 10,392 1,039 10,378 9,630 748 234 206 28 18,073 15,846 2,227 23,370 20,943 2,427 21,555 18,184 3,371 2 250 275 295 280 206 72 2 25,983 15,846 9,887 250 31,335 20,943 10,392 – 28,109 18,184 9,630 295 37 28 9 – 4,196 2,227 1,969 – 3,741 2,427 1,039 275 4,119 3,371 748 – By location Out-of-country relocations …………………………….............................. 85 95 Within company …………………………………..………………….............................. 72 83 Different company …………..................………………….............................. 13 12 Domestic relocations ………......................………………….............................. 166 223 Within company …………………………………….………………….............................. 147 200 Different company ……………………………….………………….............................. 19 23 Unable to assign place of relocation ………………………........................ 2 1 By company Within company ………………............................………………….............................. 221 283 Domestic ……………………..............................………………….............................. 147 200 Out of country ……………….........................………………….............................. 72 83 Unable to assign ………………………………………….............................. 2 – Different company ……………………………………….............................. 32 Domestic ………………………………………………….............................. 19 Out of country …………………………………………….............................. 13 Unable to assign ………………………………………….............................. – 36 23 12 1 1 1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work were Dash represents Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work wereNOTE: reported are shown. zero. reported are shown. 2 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 2See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 15. Distribution of extended mass layoff events and separations by size of layoff, private nonfarm sector, 2007–09 Layoff events Separations Number Number of workers Total, private nonfarm2. .. 50–99................................... 100–149............................... 150–199............................... 200–299............................... . 300–499............................... 500–999............................... 1,000 or more....................... 1 2 Percent1 Number 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 5,363 2,401 1,274 530 557 351 167 83 8,259 3,442 1,952 887 979 577 291 131 11,827 5,141 2,689 1,315 1,334 782 377 189 100.0 44.8 23.8 9.9 10.4 6.5 3.1 1.5 100.0 41.7 23.6 10.7 11.9 7.0 3.5 1.6 100.0 43.5 22.7 11.1 11.3 6.6 3.2 1.6 Due to rounding, sums of individual percentages may not equal 100.0 percent. See footnote 1, table 1. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 18 2007 2008 965,935 1,516,978 168,321 244,352 149,651 229,536 88,754 148,852 129,305 227,603 125,821 211,519 110,108 194,373 193,975 260,743 Percent1 2009 2007 2008 2009 2,108,803 364,801 316,087 219,989 311,809 286,340 250,354 359,423 100.0 17.4 15.5 9.2 13.4 13.0 11.4 20.1 100.0 16.1 15.1 9.8 15.0 13.9 12.8 17.2 100.0 17.3 15.0 10.4 14.8 13.6 11.9 17.0 Table numberofofseparations separations extended mass layoff events by selected measures, private nonfarm 2001–09 Table 16. 16. Average Average number inin extended mass layoff events by selected measures, private nonfarm sector,sector, 2001–09 Average number of separations Measure 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 180 184 178 166 185 119 187 133 252 209 187 162 174 122 174 137 229 201 172 Finance and insurance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 190 193 193 216 172 193 177 229 Real estate and rental and leasing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 230 173 166 299 140 102 137 125 Professional and technical services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 199 224 194 220 268 286 288 262 Management of companies and enterprises …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 209 248 195 176 156 143 146 154 Administrative and waste services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 283 221 222 208 185 192 162 210 Educational services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 110 114 182 89 238 102 130 128 Health care and social assistance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 137 136 137 156 140 130 155 139 Arts, entertainment, and recreation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 316 372 275 273 386 331 325 293 Accommodation and food services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 217 206 215 219 210 235 211 222 Other services, except public administration …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 138 159 132 169 145 132 141 125 Unclassified establishments …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 206 163 161 125 200 – 212 210 206 132 195 168 227 142 137 228 239 133 133 Total, private nonfarm 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 207 201 197 198 181 192 Industry Mining …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 215 149 158 153 134 173 138 Utilities …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 202 178 135 228 140 154 131 Construction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 144 140 140 137 127 119 114 Manufacturing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 192 191 183 173 173 200 177 Wholesale trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 161 161 181 169 131 166 132 Retail trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 289 329 308 418 237 320 415 Transportation and warehousing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 297 243 250 213 225 223 212 Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 186 196 259 215 202 168 144 Reason for layoff 2 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 174 172 168 181 154 144 131 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 177 190 297 166 161 152 153 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 186 180 170 220 168 138 120 3 3 3 3 3 3 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 118 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 3 3 3 3 3 3 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... 195 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 213 207 214 158 198 163 159 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 167 163 143 132 131 152 137 153 172 142 202 203 179 153 156 176 100 190 145 154 145 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 220 204 209 200 188 251 313 239 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 267 230 271 238 222 336 722 488 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 207 198 198 191 179 229 173 184 210 309 186 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 303 270 261 205 207 228 223 217 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 470 359 341 224 238 283 267 298 3 3 3 3 3 3 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 196 153 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 231 226 217 197 187 209 232 259 213 389 151 237 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 229 163 308 425 237 321 234 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 127 171 203 220 181 134 231 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... 274 353 172 – 246 150 392 3 3 3 3 3 3 Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... 188 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... 304 192 861 966 344 629 274 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 99 159 121 77 138 149 89 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... 372 283 368 269 362 475 723 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 143 157 138 148 133 183 185 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 248 123 177 204 186 269 177 254 142 131 262 481 230 206 209 192 208 149 110 324 226 117 239 150 162 Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 142 131 175 134 155 123 106 Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 123 239 209 459 255 172 120 Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 155 135 252 138 254 168 202 158 120 127 210 182 – 275 151 116 274 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 206 211 201 197 195 206 194 198 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 207 212 202 199 197 209 196 206 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... 194 178 193 160 156 157 184 169 185 186 184 Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 199 214 201 213 208 213 167 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 212 187 175 218 178 195 163 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 197 276 218 227 238 244 186 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... 159 190 174 178 184 177 158 195 167 265 178 205 155 255 193 ( 5) ( 5) ( 5) Domestic relocation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 185 195 161 Overseas relocation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 199 251 213 ( 5) ( 5) ( 5) ( 5) ( 5) ( 5) ( 5) ( 5) ( 5) 212 180 167 240 179 186 216 172 175 4 235 139 168 130 165 309 95 Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... 107 120 162 123 154 95 94 Other selected measures Worksite closures …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 304 259 229 214 192 Recall expected …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 185 189 183 181 178 No recall expected …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 230 213 201 222 187 11 248 185 200 See Seefootnote footnote 1, 1, table table 1. 1. Beginning 11 with data for 2004, these reasons for to layoff related to the5September attacks. Thus, data for 2001 pertain the are no longer used. See additional see the technical note. Seefootnote footnote 1, 1, table table 6. 6. third andFor fourth quartersinformation, only. 3 3 Use of this reason began with first–quarter 2007 data. 5 Use of this reason began with first–quarter 2007 data. Beginning with data forrepresents 2004, these reasons for layoff are no longer NOTE: Dash zero. 4 Non-natural disaster was added as a reason for layoff in the third quarter of 4 Non-natural disaster was added as a reason for layoff in the third used. For additional information, see the technical note. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 2001, in order to be able to identify layoffs directly or indirectly related to the September 2001, in order to be abletotothe identify layoffs directly or indirectly NOTE: Dash represents zero. 11quarter attacks.of Thus, data for 2001 pertain third and fourth quarters only. 22 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 19 Table17. 17.State State and selected claimant characteristics: extended andclaimants initial claimants for unemployment Table and selected claimant characteristics: extended mass mass layoff layoff eventsevents and initial for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, 2008–09 insurance, private nonfarm sector, 2008–09 Layoff events State 2008 2009 Percent of total Total initial claimants for unemployment insurance 2008 2009 Hispanic origin Black 2008 2009 2008 2009 Women 2008 1 Total, private nonfarm ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8,259 11,827 1,670,042 2,439,840 14.5 13.7 16.7 16.3 37.2 People aged 55 and older 2009 2008 2009 35.7 18.1 18.9 Alabama ..................................................................................................................................................................... 60 79 18,214 24,501 48.7 42.8 3.0 2.4 Alaska ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 46 5,116 10,638 4.3 4.8 16.4 13.3 Arizona ..................................................................................................................................................................... 64 129 10,170 21,416 5.4 5.6 38.4 38.7 Arkansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48 49 9,025 9,823 31.5 28.6 6.0 4.8 California ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,161 2,945 375,422 568,708 8.9 8.8 38.1 35.8 Colorado ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59 129 7,884 17,772 5.3 4.9 30.8 22.0 Connecticut ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47 84 8,825 14,185 13.5 13.9 12.6 14.4 26 1,345 3,866 27.3 22.0 5.8 3.6 Delaware ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 12 936 1,464 83.0 57.1 6.3 12.5 District of Columbia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Florida ..................................................................................................................................................................... 480 629 93,111 133,430 15.4 16.4 28.6 28.0 Georgia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 114 136 30,610 39,458 36.5 43.0 7.0 4.7 Hawaii ..................................................................................................................................................................... 32 34 5,611 4,216 3.7 1.7 10.5 11.1 Idaho ..................................................................................................................................................................... 93 54 13,492 8,831 .3 .3 13.3 10.9 47.7 34.1 42.9 50.9 38.8 32.5 45.7 36.4 62.5 39.8 41.5 32.9 37.0 42.2 29.2 44.3 38.8 39.0 32.7 48.5 29.9 49.5 40.5 43.6 31.7 34.6 15.5 24.8 15.2 14.5 14.9 19.3 24.2 24.6 15.2 19.6 16.1 16.4 17.5 15.1 23.1 16.6 16.8 15.9 18.9 23.7 20.8 18.6 19.5 17.0 14.3 18.6 Illinois ..................................................................................................................................................................... 591 745 122,380 159,179 21.4 15.9 14.6 13.3 Indiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 289 277 80,622 54,396 7.5 7.4 4.2 2.6 Iowa ..................................................................................................................................................................... 79 87 19,926 24,057 2.9 2.6 3.0 2.0 Kansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 55 89 8,188 25,611 11.5 9.1 4.5 5.8 Kentucky ..................................................................................................................................................................... 125 198 19,270 33,871 6.4 5.5 .2 .3 Louisiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 100 128 16,455 19,124 57.6 52.0 2.4 3.2 Maine ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 33 2,611 5,567 1.5 1.4 .2 .3 Maryland ..................................................................................................................................................................... 54 84 7,246 10,213 43.5 41.9 2.5 3.1 Massachusetts ..................................................................................................................................................................... 107 133 16,562 23,113 11.2 9.4 1.8 1.5 Michigan ..................................................................................................................................................................... 385 442 135,728 164,122 18.2 20.0 3.8 3.1 Minnesota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 169 274 28,250 44,512 4.8 4.3 5.9 4.8 Mississippi ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59 54 8,516 5,241 56.3 63.1 2.6 1.6 Missouri ..................................................................................................................................................................... 201 245 35,337 43,459 16.4 16.0 .3 1.0 38.5 30.9 32.4 40.3 18.6 44.0 32.7 43.0 46.0 30.0 22.4 39.5 44.4 33.2 29.4 26.2 30.7 17.0 37.4 29.6 41.8 46.4 29.3 25.1 40.6 42.3 16.2 15.7 19.3 17.4 15.3 18.7 24.4 22.3 23.1 18.5 16.6 15.5 21.4 17.9 18.9 18.9 17.1 16.4 20.1 23.0 20.8 23.4 18.0 19.6 18.3 23.5 Montana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 32 35 3,903 4,440 .1 .1 3.5 3.1 Nebraska ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19 24 2,166 3,399 5.0 2.3 10.1 7.7 Nevada ..................................................................................................................................................................... 94 195 22,542 44,547 9.4 8.4 32.0 31.1 New Hampshire ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 26 1,434 3,957 .9 .7 1.5 3.0 New Jersey ..................................................................................................................................................................... 248 340 46,436 60,114 21.0 20.3 8.1 8.9 New Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 38 65 5,886 9,168 2.8 2.1 43.7 44.5 New York ..................................................................................................................................................................... 413 695 80,112 130,062 13.4 13.9 12.2 12.6 North Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 69 206 15,500 60,995 37.2 39.1 6.0 6.3 North Dakota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 31 1,364 4,942 2.0 1.5 3.1 2.0 Ohio ..................................................................................................................................................................... 385 562 87,352 135,683 13.1 11.3 3.2 3.4 Oklahoma ..................................................................................................................................................................... 32 64 6,549 11,927 8.4 9.6 5.0 6.9 Oregon ..................................................................................................................................................................... 130 189 34,552 46,505 .9 1.6 15.8 16.1 Pennsylvania ..................................................................................................................................................................... 475 769 100,346 160,337 6.0 5.3 3.7 3.2 22.3 23.1 42.4 51.7 53.1 29.2 41.4 41.0 19.1 31.9 30.2 34.0 34.3 22.1 38.0 34.0 41.7 52.9 33.1 42.0 42.2 16.7 27.6 24.5 37.8 29.9 21.4 27.7 17.9 27.5 26.4 18.9 21.7 21.1 17.2 18.5 15.7 20.4 24.3 22.5 28.8 18.1 25.7 25.9 17.4 23.2 17.0 18.0 21.9 16.2 20.4 24.8 Rhode Island ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 30 2,428 2,898 3.8 4.5 18.3 17.1 South Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 84 136 19,976 23,056 63.7 50.9 .8 1.2 South Dakota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 9 541 869 1.7 4.3 7.0 2.3 Tennessee ..................................................................................................................................................................... 130 175 25,316 31,505 26.3 22.2 .1 – Texas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 203 308 46,700 65,393 17.6 16.1 42.2 40.1 Utah ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34 63 6,509 11,412 1.8 1.4 17.1 12.0 Vermont ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 35 2,162 5,559 .8 .6 .3 .3 Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48 107 8,391 22,909 31.5 38.2 3.5 3.9 Washington ..................................................................................................................................................................... 145 219 24,879 45,204 4.5 5.7 13.0 12.7 West Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 49 2,533 6,768 .3 .2 – .1 Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 160 344 41,099 76,089 4.7 6.2 6.8 6.3 Wyoming ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 10 514 1,329 .8 1.8 .8 7.0 58.6 47.1 53.4 44.7 32.6 36.1 29.1 43.7 35.9 29.0 31.9 29.2 55.3 45.9 28.4 39.5 28.4 29.1 33.2 42.7 37.3 16.9 30.5 25.6 32.8 6.7 24.2 23.2 13.5 10.7 20.3 22.8 18.6 14.4 21.1 23.9 30.1 10.5 18.5 21.7 14.6 12.7 25.2 20.1 15.8 16.2 20.0 15.9 Puerto Rico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47 51 10,281 11,201 .1 .1 98.2 99.3 56.6 52.2 9.5 10.7 1 See footnote footnote 1, See 1,table table1.1. 1 NOTE:Dash Dashrepresents represents zero. NOTE: zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 20 Table18. 18. Claimant Claimantrace race and and ethnicity: ethnicity: percent percent of of initial initial claimants claimants for for unemployment unemployment insurance, insurance, by by industry industry and and reason reason for layoff, private Table for layoff, private nonfarm sector, 2008–09 nonfarm sector, 2008–09 Percent of total race/ethnicity1 Measure White 2008 Hispanic origin Black 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 American Indian or Alaska Native 2008 2009 Total, private nonfarm2 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 58.0 57.9 14.5 13.7 16.7 16.3 .7 .7 Asian or Pacific Islander 2008 2009 3.1 3.7 1.0 .8 1.3 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.8 4.0 .8 2.1 1.3 3.6 4.3 3.2 2.7 5.3 Industry Mining …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 71.6 65.3 2.9 4.5 17.3 16.7 1.8 2.7 Utilities …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 86.3 85.2 4.4 5.7 4.7 4.1 .3 .5 Construction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 63.0 63.3 6.1 5.7 23.7 23.1 1.2 1.3 Manufacturing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 65.2 66.9 14.0 12.5 10.9 9.5 .6 .5 Wholesale trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 49.1 57.2 13.9 12.5 25.5 18.2 .6 .6 Retail trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 47.4 50.8 17.9 16.9 22.3 19.2 .7 .7 Transportation and warehousing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 56.3 51.8 19.5 20.4 13.9 17.0 .5 .6 Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 57.7 58.8 15.4 13.4 12.9 11.9 .6 .5 Finance and insurance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 47.8 48.3 13.2 15.1 17.7 16.2 .4 .4 7.9 Real estate and rental and leasing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 47.0 49.9 13.7 12.2 24.0 21.1 .4 .7 5.0 Professional and technical services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 61.6 57.4 13.6 13.7 12.3 13.8 .5 .6 4.3 Management of companies and enterprises …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 57.6 58.9 23.7 20.3 9.5 8.9 .6 .4 4.1 Administrative and waste services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 46.0 44.8 20.0 17.8 23.5 25.1 .6 .8 2.2 Educational services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 42.4 46.0 23.4 21.6 19.3 17.2 .6 .4 4.3 Health care and social assistance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41.1 41.3 24.5 21.5 24.2 23.8 .6 .9 2.6 Arts, entertainment, and recreation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 61.2 58.4 13.7 12.0 13.3 17.4 .7 .7 2.4 Accommodation and food services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 48.3 45.2 17.5 17.2 19.6 22.1 .6 .8 6.1 Other services, except public administration …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41.8 44.2 27.8 23.9 17.7 17.8 1.5 1.3 3.2 Unclassified establishments …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 49.3 64.2 4.0 9.4 7.0 12.8 .4 1.1 4.2 8.3 5.4 5.7 4.1 3.3 4.7 3.7 2.3 6.3 3.1 3.4 Reason for layoff3 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61.1 61.7 13.1 12.3 16.0 15.4 .7 .8 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 54.2 50.8 19.3 18.7 15.5 17.4 .8 .9 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 54.3 55.8 11.8 11.0 25.3 23.9 1.0 1.1 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1.5 52.2 63.7 29.9 8.2 3.7 1.6 .2 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3.4 68.2 79.2 17.3 10.3 8.8 .9 .6 Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59.0 56.4 21.3 29.0 7.2 6.1 .4 .4 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 63.8 63.7 12.9 12.4 13.2 12.9 .7 .7 2.5 3.9 2.1 1.0 2.3 5.1 2.9 4.7 2.0 .4 1.5 1.9 2.5 3.2 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 51.9 57.0 17.4 16.0 15.4 11.7 .5 .4 5.1 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53.4 48.3 15.6 13.2 15.7 19.0 .6 .4 5.6 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 51.7 58.6 17.7 16.5 15.3 10.4 .5 .4 5.0 5.0 6.7 4.6 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 52.2 54.9 15.1 17.8 18.0 13.0 .6 .6 5.6 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59.0 61.5 13.1 20.1 11.8 9.1 .4 .4 6.5 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18.5 13.2 52.4 52.2 15.7 18.0 .6 .7 5.0 Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 49.1 54.6 15.3 13.6 20.7 16.4 .6 .6 5.8 5.4 2.4 6.5 5.7 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 63.3 49.3 14.2 14.1 10.3 17.2 .5 .4 2.8 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33.0 46.2 7.1 29.4 44.6 6.7 1.1 .2 6.8 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... 87.0 94.5 2.7 – 6.3 1.8 .3 2.7 1.4 Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19.8 16.3 32.7 52.0 25.6 14.5 .3 .3 7.8 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... 81.2 65.0 7.0 9.0 3.8 13.8 .2 .1 2.0 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 50.2 30.3 26.3 3.0 6.8 50.3 .4 1.2 1.5 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... 62.8 48.2 5.6 2.1 1.8 46.6 – .2 .8 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 52.8 76.9 24.5 8.1 12.4 5.5 1.7 .6 1.4 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 60.6 29.5 21.6 15.7 7.4 6.1 .4 .1 4.4 4.0 5.8 – 4.3 4.5 6.3 1.5 4.0 3.3 Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 45.0 38.8 35.0 16.6 12.7 16.4 .7 .7 1.9 Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 32.1 18.8 – .6 – – – – – Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 57.9 – 35.9 – .4 – – – 1.1 Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... 64.5 27.7 .7 39.0 26.3 19.6 .6 .5 7.0 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... 42.4 53.6 39.2 9.4 11.7 20.9 .7 1.2 1.4 1.5 – – 4.5 .3 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61.4 60.7 13.7 13.7 17.0 16.8 .7 .8 2.3 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 62.1 62.1 12.4 11.2 17.6 17.8 .7 .8 2.5 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... 58.6 55.8 19.0 22.6 14.6 13.3 .7 .8 1.4 2.6 2.9 1.6 Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 51.3 49.3 16.7 14.1 18.6 20.6 .7 .8 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 41.4 49.6 16.2 13.5 24.8 16.3 .9 .9 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 52.0 45.3 20.1 15.3 14.8 23.9 .6 .7 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... 52.0 50.9 15.2 13.7 19.5 19.6 .8 .7 46.55636531 4.9 5.8 4.4 5.1 1 3.7 6.2 3.4 3.6 3 1 Due to some nonreporting, sums of percentages within Due to some nonreporting, sums of percentages within race/ethnicity may not equal 100.0may percent. race/ethnicity not equal 100.0 percent. 2 2 See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. 3 See footnote 1, table 6. See footnote 1, table 6. NOTE: Dash represents zero. NOTE: Dash represents SOURCE: Bureau of Laborzero. Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 21 Table19. 19.Claimant Claimantage ageand andgender: gender: percent initial claimants unemployment insurance, by industry and reason for private nonfarm sector, Table percent of of initial claimants for for unemployment insurance, by industry and reason for layoff, 2008–09 layoff, private nonfarm sector, 2008–09 Percent of total by age1 Measure Less than 30 years 2008 2009 30–44 2008 Percent of total by gender1 45–54 2009 2008 2009 55 or older 2008 2009 Men Women 2008 2009 2008 2009 Total, private nonfarm ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19.8 19.7 34.8 34.2 26.5 26.6 18.1 18.9 62.1 63.4 37.2 35.7 90.5 82.7 93.5 70.4 61.9 44.7 56.2 58.9 39.0 5.6 14.3 6.7 31.7 36.9 57.2 45.7 44.6 60.5 6.8 17.3 6.0 28.4 37.7 54.9 43.1 40.9 60.8 Real estate and rental and leasing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 28.0 26.6 34.4 34.4 21.3 21.9 16.1 16.8 50.3 62.7 Professional and technical services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15.2 19.2 32.1 32.8 23.7 22.0 28.8 25.8 45.5 47.5 Management of companies and enterprises …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22.5 13.1 36.7 30.5 25.0 27.4 15.6 29.0 46.5 46.8 Administrative and waste services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 28.0 29.1 34.7 34.5 22.7 21.8 14.2 14.1 60.7 59.6 Educational services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17.4 21.5 33.5 32.9 24.8 22.5 24.1 22.9 29.8 32.2 Health care and social assistance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 16.7 18.6 37.2 36.9 25.7 24.6 20.0 19.4 12.6 16.8 Arts, entertainment, and recreation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 26.7 32.2 25.6 25.9 19.0 18.4 28.3 23.3 54.2 54.3 Accommodation and food services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 23.5 24.1 29.9 30.3 25.5 25.4 20.4 19.9 37.8 41.9 Other services, except public administration …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22.1 21.7 33.4 33.9 23.8 24.3 18.9 18.5 38.2 46.2 Unclassified establishments …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10.1 6.8 37.6 27.2 28.2 32.1 23.5 34.0 51.7 79.6 49.5 54.1 53.3 38.2 70.1 87.0 45.3 61.6 61.5 48.1 37.1 52.2 52.2 39.4 67.7 82.9 45.2 57.5 51.4 20.4 71.9 57.9 78.5 55.9 77.2 56.2 27.7 39.3 17.4 40.9 28.0 47.5 27.3 41.4 20.7 21.1 22.6 43.3 2 Industry Mining …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 23.7 25.5 37.2 35.2 24.9 23.6 13.9 15.5 93.5 Utilities …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15.9 14.0 30.3 34.4 29.5 30.5 23.8 20.9 85.3 Construction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20.0 19.5 39.5 40.0 26.9 26.9 13.2 13.3 92.8 Manufacturing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13.7 11.5 35.1 34.4 30.6 31.8 19.2 21.4 67.3 Wholesale trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17.8 16.4 36.5 35.4 26.9 27.5 18.3 19.9 62.5 Retail trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 40.8 42.8 27.1 26.0 17.7 16.7 14.0 14.3 42.4 Transportation and warehousing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14.9 14.8 32.0 31.9 26.4 27.0 26.3 25.9 53.8 Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18.4 16.8 37.3 37.8 24.6 26.1 19.4 19.0 55.3 Finance and insurance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22.9 21.6 40.8 38.6 21.1 22.4 15.0 17.1 39.0 Reason for layoff3 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18.8 18.1 36.6 35.6 27.9 27.6 16.3 18.0 71.4 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23.1 23.7 35.3 33.5 24.1 24.8 16.5 17.9 60.5 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21.9 21.6 37.4 37.5 26.0 25.3 14.4 15.2 81.7 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10.5 25.8 37.3 34.4 31.2 25.0 15.4 14.7 52.2 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14.7 14.5 34.6 32.3 28.6 26.3 19.1 21.9 71.6 Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10.3 8.8 31.4 29.6 31.7 29.2 24.7 25.8 52.4 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17.7 16.7 36.5 35.3 28.6 28.7 16.8 18.8 68.8 70.3 30.2 28.9 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20.1 15.3 35.5 36.4 26.3 28.7 18.0 19.4 52.6 57.2 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20.6 16.1 34.3 37.4 25.6 27.9 19.3 18.3 48.8 52.1 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20.0 15.2 35.7 36.2 26.4 28.8 17.7 19.5 53.3 58.1 46.3 51.0 45.4 42.0 47.4 41.0 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23.2 21.0 33.9 33.5 24.6 26.2 18.0 19.1 51.5 56.2 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23.6 19.1 35.2 33.4 23.8 27.8 16.9 19.6 53.5 63.1 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21.2 20.4 34.0 34.4 25.4 25.8 19.2 19.3 52.9 54.1 Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25.2 24.2 33.3 31.8 24.0 25.5 17.2 18.1 49.1 54.5 47.9 44.7 46.5 50.8 43.3 35.4 45.7 45.2 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14.7 15.2 35.9 34.9 29.2 28.2 19.3 21.4 65.5 50.7 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13.9 15.6 31.7 34.9 31.0 27.5 23.3 21.7 48.7 42.8 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27.2 40.9 46.2 40.0 18.7 13.6 8.0 5.5 78.8 98.2 Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18.5 21.6 34.6 35.7 25.2 23.1 21.3 19.4 40.2 38.6 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7.2 14.9 37.6 35.8 32.7 32.2 22.4 17.0 76.2 76.1 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11.7 19.9 25.7 32.2 37.3 25.8 25.3 22.1 66.8 50.1 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15.9 8.2 49.7 39.1 22.6 31.7 11.8 20.9 52.0 47.3 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12.0 14.3 26.9 33.4 30.4 26.8 22.6 25.5 62.3 79.9 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13.5 7.2 37.4 33.1 31.4 34.2 17.6 24.9 57.3 42.3 32.9 49.4 21.2 57.2 23.7 33.2 19.2 37.7 41.3 39.5 48.3 1.8 59.6 23.9 49.9 52.6 19.9 18.3 Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28.6 18.3 35.5 34.7 22.7 26.0 13.1 17.1 57.5 Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33.3 22.1 24.7 38.2 28.4 20.7 13.6 19.0 29.6 Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4.8 – 26.7 – 37.0 – 31.5 – 82.8 Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27.9 24.1 33.9 34.5 25.1 27.5 12.7 13.8 56.9 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... 29.6 13.2 36.1 33.4 21.8 27.2 12.5 18.4 56.9 64.8 19.4 – 62.4 84.4 41.8 2.5 17.2 43.1 43.0 15.7 – – 37.6 8.5 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18.6 18.8 31.8 31.0 26.1 26.2 22.9 23.8 53.1 52.8 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20.5 20.8 32.1 31.6 25.8 25.9 21.0 21.6 59.7 60.9 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11.1 11.8 30.5 28.9 27.1 27.2 30.8 31.5 26.1 24.7 46.4 39.8 73.4 46.6 38.5 74.8 Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22.3 24.7 34.0 33.3 24.4 24.1 16.8 16.9 58.7 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 29.0 22.3 31.8 34.3 21.6 24.7 15.1 16.6 52.2 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23.3 31.7 35.1 31.9 23.7 21.3 16.8 14.5 59.7 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21.2 22.0 33.8 33.9 24.9 25.3 17.0 17.8 59.0 41.0 46.8 39.9 40.8 41.0 38.1 42.4 40.5 1 1 Due to some nonreporting, sums of percentages within age and gender may not Due to some nonreporting, sums of percentages within age and equal 100.0 percent. gender may not equal 100.0 percent. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 3 See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 6. 58.1 61.1 57.1 58.2 3 NOTE: represents SeeDash footnote 1, tablezero. 6. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program NOTE: Dash represents zero. 22 Table 20. 20.Claimants Claimantsfor forunemployment unemploymentinsurance insuranceassociated associated with extended mass layoff events, State, Table with extended mass layoff events, by by State, private nonfarm nonfarm sector, sector,2009 2009 private Continued claims without earnings1 State Initial claims for unemployment insurance Number Average number filed per initial claimant Final payments for unemployment insurance1 Number Total, private nonfarm2……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2,439,840 5,657,107 2.3 575,839 Alabama ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 24,501 51,759 2.1 Alaska ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10,638 21,630 2.0 Arizona ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 21,416 56,572 2.6 Arkansas ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9,823 28,968 2.9 California ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 568,708 1,273,709 2.2 Colorado ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17,772 64,167 3.6 Connecticut ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14,185 45,775 3.2 Delaware ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3,866 6,813 1.8 District of Columbia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,464 4,968 3.4 Florida ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 133,430 410,326 3.1 Georgia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 39,458 79,614 2.0 Hawaii ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4,216 7,789 1.8 Idaho ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8,831 16,973 1.9 Percentage of initial claimants receiving final payments 23.6 3,727 2,189 6,747 3,487 139,047 782 4,580 581 230 53,776 12,500 479 2,273 15.2 20.6 31.5 35.5 24.4 4.4 32.3 15.0 15.7 40.3 31.7 11.4 25.7 38,106 14,476 4,060 7,552 6,649 3,767 1,388 2,611 8,161 24,083 7,098 2,299 4,566 23.9 26.6 16.9 29.5 19.6 19.7 24.9 25.6 35.3 14.7 15.9 43.9 10.5 Montana ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4,440 7,325 1.6 746 Nebraska ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3,399 3,590 1.1 87 Nevada ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44,547 94,061 2.1 10,575 New Hampshire ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3,957 7,833 2.0 467 New Jersey ..................................................................................................................................................................... 60,114 160,346 2.7 17,143 New Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9,168 30,385 3.3 3,116 New York……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 130,062 343,510 2.6 30,962 North Carolina ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 60,995 215,831 3.5 28,424 North Dakota ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4,942 5,568 1.1 630 Ohio ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 135,683 300,053 2.2 25,531 Oklahoma ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,927 31,855 2.7 3,744 Oregon ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 46,505 89,984 1.9 10,401 Pennsylvania ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 160,337 257,614 1.6 19,067 16.8 2.6 23.7 11.8 28.5 34.0 23.8 46.6 12.7 18.8 31.4 22.4 11.9 Rhode Island ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2,898 7,332 2.5 South Carolina ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 23,056 51,876 2.3 South Dakota ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 869 2,884 3.3 Tennessee ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31,505 102,509 3.3 Texas ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 65,393 173,810 2.7 Utah ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,412 22,148 1.9 Vermont ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5,559 12,633 2.3 Virginia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22,909 47,993 2.1 Washington ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 45,204 123,937 2.7 West Virginia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6,768 21,657 3.2 Wisconsin ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 76,089 132,127 1.7 Wyoming ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,329 3,559 2.7 620 5,478 318 12,423 18,826 1,950 855 4,753 11,878 142 12,038 451 21.4 23.8 36.6 39.4 28.8 17.1 15.4 20.7 26.3 2.1 15.8 33.9 Puerto Rico ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11,201 29,730 2.7 586 5.2 Illinois ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 159,179 421,656 2.6 Indiana ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 54,396 125,744 2.3 Iowa ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 24,057 45,809 1.9 Kansas ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25,611 65,174 2.5 Kentucky ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33,871 7,818 .2 Louisiana ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19,124 43,452 2.3 Maine ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5,567 9,449 1.7 Maryland ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10,213 31,095 3.0 Massachusetts ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 23,113 60,618 2.6 Michigan ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 164,122 308,902 1.9 Minnesota ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 44,512 98,833 2.2 Mississippi ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5,241 19,417 3.7 Missouri ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 43,459 99,657 2.3 1 Statistics tracks continued TheThe MassMass LayoffLayoff Statistics (MLS) (MLS) programprogram tracks continued claim activity claim activity for initial claimants associated with extended mass for initial claimants associated with extended mass layoffs once a month during layoffs once a month during the Current Population Survey (CPS) the reference Current Population Survey (CPS) the reference week, which is usually week, which is usually week including the 12th day of the week 12th dayclaims of the with month. Continued claims with earnings are theincluding month. the Continued earnings are excluded because excluded because individuals who make such claims are classified as employed 1 individuals who payment make such claims are as employed in the in the CPS. Final information for classified MLS claimants is collected weekly. CPS. Final payment for MLS claimants is collected (See the Technical Note forinformation additional information.) weekly. (See the Technical Note for additional information.) 2 See footnote 1, table 1. 1. 2 See footnote 1, table SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 23 Table Claimantsfor for unemployment insurance associated with extended mass layoffbyevents, industry and reason Table 21. 21. Claimants unemployment insurance associated with extended mass layoff events, industryby and for layoff, nonfarm sector, 2009 reason for private layoff, private nonfarm sector, 2009 Continued claims without earnings1 Measure Initial claims for unemployment insurance Number Average number filed per initial claimant Final payments for unemployment insurance1 Number Percentage of initial claimants receiving final payments Total, private nonfarm2…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2,439,840 5,657,107 2.3 575,839 23.6 Industry Mining …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31,188 90,343 2.9 8,149 Utilities …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4,264 7,241 1.7 594 Construction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 312,787 696,401 2.2 56,321 Manufacturing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 893,502 1,892,999 2.1 188,222 Wholesale trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 47,220 138,481 2.9 15,177 Retail trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 188,626 473,626 2.5 58,370 Transportation and warehousing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 130,674 254,785 1.9 21,296 Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 73,317 190,679 2.6 18,954 26.1 13.9 18.0 21.1 32.1 30.9 16.3 25.9 Finance and insurance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 101,746 358,136 3.5 40,218 39.5 Real estate and rental and leasing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13,364 35,383 2.6 3,936 29.5 Professional and technical services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 81,193 227,123 2.8 29,362 36.2 Management of companies and enterprises …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,578 25,408 2.2 2,499 21.6 Administrative and waste services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 279,691 709,892 2.5 84,970 30.4 Educational services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,368 27,721 2.4 2,843 25.0 Health care and social assistance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 51,006 128,915 2.5 9,719 19.1 Arts, entertainment, and recreation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 39,232 81,620 2.1 6,658 17.0 Accommodation and food services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 149,143 270,328 1.8 24,223 16.2 Other services, except public administration …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19,676 47,581 2.4 4,275 21.7 Unclassified establishments …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 265 445 1.7 53 20.0 Reason for layoff3 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,140,737 2,610,238 2.3 273,403 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46,701 114,378 2.4 13,023 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 273,370 645,668 2.4 71,191 2.0 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,615 3,195 592 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1.9 32,853 62,732 5,742 Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3,002 10,607 3.5 1,353 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 783,196 1,773,658 2.3 181,502 24.0 27.9 26.0 36.7 17.5 45.1 23.2 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 136,415 402,494 3.0 43,567 31.9 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21,097 58,369 2.8 6,066 28.8 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 115,318 344,125 3.0 37,501 32.5 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 244,644 705,403 2.9 79,580 32.5 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 55,642 157,851 2.8 17,559 31.6 2.9 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 133,378 384,214 43,137 32.3 Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 55,624 163,338 2.9 18,884 33.9 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10,876 27,871 2.6 2,912 26.8 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3.0 39.5 956 2,909 378 2.9 39.1 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... 110 321 43 3.5 Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3,227 11,439 1,080 33.5 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,138 2,487 2.2 196 17.2 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 829 885 1.1 91 11.0 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,065 2,154 2.0 67 6.3 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,239 2,714 2.2 192 15.5 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,312 4,962 2.1 865 37.4 Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,431 4,026 1.7 506 Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 484 173 .4 165 Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... 739 2,065 2.8 202 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,208 1,788 1.5 139 20.8 34.1 – 27.3 11.5 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 394,620 777,942 2.0 55,726 14.1 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 306,526 623,854 2.0 49,705 16.2 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... 88,094 154,088 1.7 6,021 6.8 Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 510,117 1,129,133 2.2 120,145 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21,560 64,784 3.0 6,638 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 142,023 293,548 2.1 29,982 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... 346,534 770,801 2.2 83,525 23.6 30.8 21.1 24.1 Other selected measures Worksite closures …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 206,549 693,053 3.4 Recall expected …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 804,214 1,601,558 2.0 No recall expected …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 955,667 2,541,271 2.7 39.9 16.0 30.4 1 TheMass Mass Layoff Layoff Statistics Statistics (MLS) continued claim The (MLS)program programtracks tracks continued activity for initial claimants associated with extended mass layoffs once a claim initial claimants with extended mass monthactivity during for the Current Populationassociated Survey (CPS) reference week, which is usually theaweek including day of Population the month. Survey Continued claims layoffs once month duringthe the12th Current (CPS) with earnings are excluded because individuals who make such claims are reference week, which is usually the week including the 12th day of the month. Continued claims with earnings are excluded because SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program individuals who make such claims are classified as employed in the CPS. Final payment information for MLS claimants is collected weekly. 1 82,381 128,812 290,567 payment information for MLS claimants is collected weekly. (See (SeeFinal the technical note for additional information.) the technical note for additional information.) 2 2 See See footnote 1, table 1. footnote 1, table 1. 3 See footnote 1, table 6. 3 See footnote 1, table 6. NOTE: Dash represents zero. NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 24 Table22. 22.Claimants Claimantsfor forunemployment unemploymentinsurance, insurance,based basedon onresidency, residency, associated with extended mass layoff events, Table associated with extended mass layoff events, 50 highest metropolitan areas, private nonfarm sector, 2009 50 highest metropolitan areas, private nonfarm sector, 2009 Metropolitan area Initial claims for unemployment insurance Continued claims without Final payments for earnings1 unemployment insurance1 Number Average number filed per initial claimant Number Percentage of initial claimants receiving final payments Total, 372 metropolitan areas2…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,960,435 4,636,205 2.4 475,113 24.2 Total, top 50 metropolitan areas3 …………………………..………………………………… 1,346,985 3,200,142 2.4 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. ………………………………………………………………… 183,917 405,039 2.2 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. ………………………………………………………………… 111,603 313,426 2.8 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. ………………………………………………………………… 88,671 168,716 1.9 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. ………………………………………………………………… 87,968 260,915 3.0 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. ………………………………………………………………… 70,673 165,823 2.3 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. ………………………………………………………………… 69,019 146,482 2.1 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif. ………………………………………………………………… 42,219 91,652 2.2 Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. ………………………………………………………………………. 37,425 77,954 2.1 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla. ………………………………………………………………… 33,502 114,674 3.4 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. ………………………………………………………………… 31,687 82,593 2.6 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Calif. ………………………………………………………………… 31,275 74,337 2.4 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. ………………………………………………………………… 27,922 60,966 2.2 327,130 24.3 44,309 31,281 12,379 24,046 18,122 15,919 9,848 8,628 15,427 8,985 8,356 5,541 24.1 28.0 14.0 27.3 25.6 23.1 23.3 23.1 46.0 28.4 26.7 19.8 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. ………………………………………………………………… 27,406 85,455 St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 26,852 62,508 Pittsburgh, Pa. ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 23,414 36,377 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. ………………………………………………………………… 20,897 68,236 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Ore.-Wash. ………………………………………………………………… 20,410 47,171 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio ………………………………………………………………… 20,275 35,868 Peoria, Ill. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19,489 30,281 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas ………………………………………………………………… 19,247 51,262 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. ………………………………………………………………… 18,169 45,664 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. ………………………………………………………………… 17,354 28,984 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. ………………………………………………………………… 16,755 50,757 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa. ………………………………………………………………… 14,250 32,557 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. ………………………………………………………………… 14,010 38,126 3.1 2.3 1.6 3.3 2.3 1.8 1.6 2.7 2.5 1.7 3.0 2.3 2.7 8,418 3,462 2,427 8,765 5,598 2,788 2,822 5,426 3,689 2,626 6,682 2,776 4,934 30.7 12.9 10.4 41.9 27.4 13.8 14.5 28.2 20.3 15.1 39.9 19.5 35.2 Stockton, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 13,373 30,075 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. ………………………………………………………………… 13,189 32,970 Fresno, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13,179 28,612 Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Ky.-Ind. ………………………………………………………………… 13,083 24,979 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas ………………………………………………………………… 12,932 39,205 Wichita, Kan. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12,931 33,893 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Ariz. ………………………………………………………………… 12,670 35,570 Bakersfield-Delano, Calif. ………………………………………………………………………...……… 12,412 29,442 Modesto, Calif. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 12,379 24,687 Jacksonville, Fla. …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11,503 34,323 Flint, Mich. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11,275 19,941 Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind. ………………………………………………………………… 11,274 5,534 2.2 2.5 2.2 1.9 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.0 3.0 1.8 .5 3,341 5,535 3,378 2,848 4,359 4,112 4,034 3,240 2,982 4,017 1,291 1,706 25.0 42.0 25.6 21.8 33.7 31.8 31.8 26.1 24.1 34.9 11.5 15.1 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif. ………………………………………………………………… 11,208 26,363 York-Hanover, Pa. ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11,058 13,464 Toledo, Ohio ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11,024 24,293 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.-S.C. ………………………………………………………………… 9,889 35,703 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y. ………………………………………………………………………………..…… 9,725 19,120 Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. ………………………………………………………………………...…………………… 9,664 25,853 Columbus, Ohio ………………………………………………………………………………………..……………… 9,281 27,203 Rockford, Ill. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..… 8,770 22,962 Rochester, N.Y. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8,671 19,800 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ………………………………………………………………… 8,604 12,897 Erie, Pa. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8,348 13,144 Lancaster, Pa. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8,342 12,094 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colo. ………………………………………………………………… 7,792 32,192 2.4 1.2 2.2 3.6 2.0 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.3 1.5 1.6 1.4 4.1 2,728 1,027 1,755 4,690 1,499 2,041 2,707 2,074 1,639 920 828 719 406 24.3 9.3 15.9 47.4 15.4 21.1 29.2 23.6 18.9 10.7 9.9 8.6 5.2 11 The Layoff Statistics (MLS) program trackstracks continued claim activity TheMass Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program continued claim for initial claimants withlayoffs extended foractivity initial claimants associated withassociated extended mass once amass monthlayoffs during once a month during the Current Population Survey (CPS) reference the Current Population Survey (CPS) reference week, which is usually the week, which is usually the week including the 12th day of the month. week includingclaims the 12th dayearnings of the month. Continued claims with earnings Continued with are excluded because individuals arewho excluded individuals who make such claims as make because such claims are classified as employed in are the classified CPS. Final paymentininformation MLSpayment claimants is collected employed the CPS. forFinal information for MLS claimants is collected weekly. (See the technical note for additional information.) 2 See footnote SOURCE: Bureau 1, of table Labor1.Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 3 The 50the highest metropolitan in terms of the level of extended weekly. (See technical note for areas additional information.) 2 See footnote 1, table 1. mass layoff initial claims activity are shown. 3 The 50 highest metropolitan areas in terms of the level of extended mass NOTE: layoff initial activity are shown. The claims geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown Theare geographic the metropolitan inNOTE: this table defined in boundaries U.S. Office ofofManagement and areas Budgetshown Bulletin in this table are defined in U.S. Office of Management and Budget 10-02, December 1, 2009. Bulletin 10-02, December 1, 2009. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 25 Table 23. Unemployment insurance benefit exhaustion rates by selected claimant characteristics, Table 23. nonfarm Unemployment insurance private sector, 2009 benefit exhaustion rates by selected claimant characteristics, private nonfarm sector, 2009 Characteristic Final payments for Initial claims for unemployment insurance unemployment insurance1 2 Total, private nonfarm ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 2,439,840 575,839 Percentage of initial claimants receiving final payments 23.6 Age Under 30 years of age ……………………………………… 480,955 119,873 30–44 ……………………………………………………………………………. 835,173 195,558 45–54 …………………………………………………………………………………. 648,469 143,534 55 years of age or over …………………………………………………………… 461,192 115,636 Not available ……………………………………………………………………………………… 14,051 1,238 24.9 23.4 22.1 25.1 8.8 Gender Male ………………………………………………………………………………. 1,547,565 340,874 Female ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 871,937 230,035 Not available ……………………………………………………………………………………… 20,338 4,930 22.0 26.4 24.2 Race/ethnicity White …………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,413,504 301,312 Black ………………………………………………………………………………………. 333,795 97,629 Hispanic origin ……………………………………………………………………… 397,436 99,533 American Indian or Alaska Native ……………………………………. 17,853 4,636 Asian or Pacific Islander …………………………………………………………………. 89,243 25,036 Not available ……………………………………………………………………………………… 188,009 47,693 1 21.3 29.2 25.0 26.0 28.1 25.4 1 Final payment information for Mass Layoff Statistics claimants is collected weekly. (See the technical note for additional information.) Final payment information for Mass Layoff Statistics claimants is collected 2 weekly. (Seefootnote the technical note for See 1, table 1. additional information.) 2 See footnote 1, table 1. SOURCE:Bureau Bureau of of Labor Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 26 Table 24. Census region and division: extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, Table 24. Census region and division: extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, privatenonfarm nonfarm sector, 2007–09 private sector, 2007–09 Layoff events Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Separations Census region and division 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 2007 United States1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5,363 8,259 11,827 965,935 1,516,978 2,108,803 978,712 2008 2009 1,670,042 2,439,840 203,080 260,916 405,792 28,512 174,568 34,022 226,894 55,279 350,513 156,939 329,693 503,544 South Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 540 888 1,385 85,684 173,612 255,975 85,269 East South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 209 374 506 39,501 60,788 91,925 37,060 West South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 195 383 549 33,495 71,250 108,445 34,610 179,648 71,316 78,729 302,159 95,118 106,267 316,882 562,953 736,318 East North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,197 1,810 2,370 220,278 371,227 450,852 259,647 West North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 355 539 759 58,205 89,414 125,045 57,235 467,181 95,772 589,469 146,849 Northeast ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,055 1,355 2,145 183,023 246,330 366,192 New England ..................................................................................................................................................................... 191 219 341 41,202 36,816 55,331 Middle Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 864 1,136 1,804 141,821 209,514 310,861 South ..................................................................................................................................................................... 944 1,645 2,440 158,680 305,650 456,345 Midwest ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,552 2,349 3,129 278,483 460,641 575,897 West ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,812 2,910 4,113 345,749 504,357 710,369 301,811 516,480 794,186 Mountain ..................................................................................................................................................................... 208 420 680 49,334 89,810 118,740 Pacific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,604 2,490 3,433 296,415 414,547 591,629 29,309 272,502 70,900 445,580 118,915 675,271 Tennessee; West South Central—Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; East North See footnote 1, table 1. 1. See footnote 1, table Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West Oklahoma, South Central—Arkansas, NOTE: The States (and the District of Columbia) that make up the censusCentral—Illinois, Michigan, and East Wisconsin; North Central-Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana,Indiana, Oklahoma, andOhio, Texas; NorthWest Central—Illinois, Indiana, NOTE: The States (and the District of Columbia) that make up the census divisions divisions are: New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,Minnesota, Michigan, and North Wisconsin; West Kansas, Missouri,Ohio, Nebraska, Dakota, and SouthNorth Dakota;Central-Iowa, Mountain—Arizona, Colorado, are: New England—Connecticut, Maine, Middle Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Atlantic–New Jersey, Rhode New Island, York, andIdaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Dakota, South Dakota; Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, North and Wyoming; andand Pacific—Alaska, California, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic–New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic— Pennsylvania; South Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Hawaii,Mountain—Arizona, Oregon, and Washington. Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, South Georgia, Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific—Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Central—Alabama, Washington. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central—Alabama Kentucky, Mississippi, and 11 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 27 Table State distribution: extended massevents, layoff separations, events, separations, and initial for unemployment insurance, Table 25.25. State distribution: extended mass layoff and initial claimants forclaimants unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, 2007–09 private nonfarm sector, 2007–09 Layoff events Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Separations State 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 1,670,042 2,439,840 Alabama ..................................................................................................................................................................... 39 60 79 7,594 13,237 22,102 7,532 Alaska ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 22 46 8,254 11,212 16,707 3,514 Arizona ..................................................................................................................................................................... 38 64 129 9,057 11,578 21,402 5,714 Arkansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 32 48 49 5,331 7,755 9,397 6,775 California ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,412 2,161 2,945 257,306 343,867 497,190 237,436 Colorado ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40 59 129 17,938 23,123 24,057 4,505 Connecticut ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 47 84 9,230 9,721 15,148 6,327 Delaware ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 11 26 483 1,305 4,728 479 District of Columbia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 8 12 456 1,091 1,464 456 Florida ..................................................................................................................................................................... 219 480 629 37,294 105,619 138,840 30,054 Georgia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 63 114 136 8,931 15,504 20,536 15,682 Hawaii ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 32 34 3,064 8,415 3,811 2,440 Idaho ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 93 54 5,114 12,904 8,337 4,502 18,214 5,116 10,170 9,025 375,422 7,884 8,825 1,345 936 93,111 30,610 5,611 13,492 24,501 10,638 21,416 9,823 568,708 17,772 14,185 3,866 1,464 133,430 39,458 4,216 8,831 Illinois ..................................................................................................................................................................... 431 591 745 81,719 120,268 140,451 Indiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 119 289 277 17,443 46,816 39,600 Iowa ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 79 87 6,760 10,208 10,473 Kansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27 55 89 4,262 8,042 19,818 Kentucky ..................................................................................................................................................................... 60 125 198 8,788 17,323 35,464 Louisiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 41 100 128 6,261 17,248 23,288 Maine ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 17 33 6,704 4,220 7,826 Maryland ..................................................................................................................................................................... 78 54 84 8,724 7,218 9,969 Massachusetts ..................................................................................................................................................................... 80 107 133 17,980 16,684 19,669 Michigan ..................................................................................................................................................................... 233 385 442 53,871 81,728 89,727 Minnesota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 133 169 274 19,928 28,618 39,799 Mississippi ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 59 54 5,019 10,176 6,865 Missouri ..................................................................................................................................................................... 122 201 245 23,326 37,705 45,179 76,258 29,213 8,736 4,215 7,919 4,815 3,431 9,630 11,941 78,082 19,328 4,025 21,752 122,380 80,622 19,926 8,188 19,270 16,455 2,611 7,246 16,562 135,728 28,250 8,516 35,337 159,179 54,396 24,057 25,611 33,871 19,124 5,567 10,213 23,113 164,122 44,512 5,241 43,459 Montana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 32 35 2,119 3,278 4,971 Nebraska ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 19 24 1,555 2,782 4,168 Nevada ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 94 195 5,990 18,926 33,851 New Hampshire ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 12 26 1,564 1,842 3,994 New Jersey ..................................................................................................................................................................... 190 248 340 43,841 53,465 67,947 New Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 38 65 2,514 5,662 10,991 New York ..................................................................................................................................................................... 371 413 695 59,817 86,014 125,569 North Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47 69 206 7,222 11,596 33,602 North Dakota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 11 31 1,614 1,364 4,659 Ohio ..................................................................................................................................................................... 277 385 562 43,872 88,507 114,879 Oklahoma ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 32 64 3,803 7,670 12,162 Oregon ..................................................................................................................................................................... 74 130 189 17,181 26,616 33,750 Pennsylvania ..................................................................................................................................................................... 303 475 769 38,163 70,035 117,345 2,151 1,142 5,829 1,462 33,736 2,513 67,834 9,882 1,614 50,299 2,384 17,247 72,998 3,903 2,166 22,542 1,434 46,436 5,886 80,112 15,500 1,364 87,352 6,549 34,552 100,346 4,440 3,399 44,547 3,957 60,114 9,168 130,062 60,995 4,942 135,683 11,927 46,505 160,337 Rhode Island ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 21 30 3,401 2,408 2,969 South Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 84 136 5,045 18,074 19,807 South Dakota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 5 9 760 695 949 Tennessee ..................................................................................................................................................................... 80 130 175 18,100 20,052 27,494 Texas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 109 203 308 18,100 38,577 63,598 Utah ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27 34 63 4,056 9,812 9,980 Vermont ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 15 35 2,323 1,941 5,725 Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 72 48 107 14,749 10,347 17,862 Washington ..................................................................................................................................................................... 83 145 219 10,610 24,437 40,171 West Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 20 49 2,780 2,858 9,167 Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 137 160 344 23,373 33,908 66,195 Wyoming ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 6 10 2,546 4,527 5,151 3,127 4,706 448 17,584 20,636 3,835 2,224 12,455 11,865 1,925 25,795 260 2,428 19,976 541 25,316 46,700 6,509 2,162 8,391 24,879 2,533 41,099 514 2,898 23,056 869 31,505 65,393 11,412 5,559 22,909 45,204 6,768 76,089 1,329 Puerto Rico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48 47 51 4,630 4,391 5,635 12,073 10,281 11,201 1 Total, private nonfarm ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5,363 8,259 11,827 965,935 1,516,978 2,108,803 978,712 1 1 footnote 1, 1. table 1. SeeSee footnote 1, table SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 28 Table26. 26.The The50 50metropolitan metropolitanareas areaswith with the largest number initial claimants associated Table the largest number of of initial claimants associated withwith extended mass layoff extended massby layoff eventsofinclaimants, 2009, by residency of claimants, private nonfarm sector events in 2009, residency private nonfarm sector 2008 Metropolitan area Initial claims 2009 Rank1 Initial claims Rank1 Total, 372 metropolitan areas2 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,305,765 … 1,960,435 … Total, top 50 metropolitan areas ………………………………………………………… 895,589 … 1,346,985 … Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 110,468 1 183,917 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 72,917 3 111,603 2 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 70,384 4 88,671 3 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 78,343 2 87,968 4 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 44,277 6 70,673 5 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 51,570 5 69,019 6 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 27,594 7 42,219 7 Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19,660 10 37,425 8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22,275 9 33,502 9 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17,426 13 31,687 10 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22,304 8 31,275 11 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18,446 12 27,922 12 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12,661 17 27,406 13 St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19,644 11 26,852 14 Pittsburgh, Pa. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13,407 15 23,414 15 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14,862 14 20,897 16 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Ore.-Wash. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7,708 32 20,410 17 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9,244 28 20,275 18 Peoria, Ill. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3,895 71 19,489 19 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13,138 16 19,247 20 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,318 20 18,169 21 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5,669 48 17,354 22 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,205 21 16,755 23 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5,268 51 14,250 24 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9,890 25 14,010 25 Stockton, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10,485 23 13,373 26 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8,916 30 13,189 27 Fresno, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9,884 26 13,179 28 Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Ky.-Ind. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7,143 36 13,083 29 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9,038 29 12,932 30 Wichita, Kan. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2,225 112 12,931 31 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Ariz. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5,762 47 12,670 32 Bakersfield-Delano, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7,374 35 12,412 33 Modesto, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,089 22 12,379 34 Jacksonville, Fla. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6,954 37 11,503 35 Flint, Mich. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,838 19 11,275 36 11,274 Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6,589 40 37 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6,905 38 11,208 38 York-Hanover, Pa. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3,313 79 11,058 39 Toledo, Ohio …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10,383 24 11,024 40 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.-S.C. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2,228 111 9,889 41 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7,387 34 9,725 42 Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5,955 43 9,664 43 Columbus, Ohio …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5,863 44 9,281 44 Rockford, Ill. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7,516 33 8,770 45 Rochester, N.Y. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4,111 64 8,671 46 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pa. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4,338 63 8,604 47 807 Erie, Pa. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 214 8,348 48 8,342 Lancaster, Pa. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4,518 58 49 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colo. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3,494 75 7,792 50 11 Metropolitan are ranked byby thethe number of initial claims in in 2009. in this tablethis are defined in U.S. Office Management and Budget Bulletin Metropolitanareas areas are ranked number of initial claims table are defined in of U.S. Office of Management 2 2009. See footnote 1, table 1. and Budget Bulletin 10-02, December 01, 2009. 10-02, December 01, 2010. NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in 2 See footnote 1, table 1. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown Program 29 Table expectations of of a recall from extended mass layoffs, private nonfarm sector, 2002–09 Table27. 27.Summary Summaryofofemployer employer expectations a recall from extended mass layoffs, private nonfarm sector, 2002–09 Percent of events Nature of recall 2002 2003 2004 2005 1 2006 2007 2008 2009 49.5 41.4 34.2 Within 6 months ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 79.1 82.4 84.2 87.1 88.7 86.5 Within 3 months ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 45.9 47.2 47.7 50.1 53.5 49.0 77.2 45.0 72.0 44.2 90.2 49.8 79.6 38.9 73.0 33.9 94.7 95.3 94.1 Within 6 months ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 86.7 87.5 87.8 91.5 91.0 91.6 Within 3 months ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 45.1 44.5 43.0 45.6 48.2 46.6 88.8 43.5 88.3 48.8 96.0 59.1 92.3 51.8 90.8 49.7 25.1 24.4 20.5 Timeframe Within 6 months ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 68.6 74.4 77.0 78.5 84.7 76.1 Within 3 months ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 47.0 51.4 56.9 58.7 62.7 53.8 62.9 46.8 54.7 39.4 Size of recall At least half ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 81.3 75.5 77.7 78.9 84.3 All workers ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24.5 27.3 31.9 34.3 36.2 63.9 22.9 54.2 17.2 ALL LAYOFF EVENTS Anticipate a recall ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 41.4 43.2 51.1 56.2 52.1 Timeframe Size of recall At least half ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 89.8 87.5 90.1 90.6 92.2 All workers ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 41.6 43.7 47.1 47.9 49.4 LAYOFF EVENTS DUE TO SEASONAL WORK AND 2 VACATION PERIOD Anticipate a recall ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 92.6 94.2 95.1 94.8 93.6 Timeframe Size of recall At least half ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 96.0 95.2 96.4 96.7 96.8 All workers ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 54.2 54.1 54.7 55.0 57.0 ALL LAYOFFS EVENTS, EXCLUDING THOSE DUE TO 2 SEASONAL WORK AND VACATION PERIOD Anticipate a recall ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 23.5 23.4 26.6 31.6 29.4 1 1 22 See 1, 1, table 1. 1. Seefootnote footnote table See 1, 1, table 6. 6. Seefootnote footnote table SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 30 78.3 31.0 Table28. 28.Distribution Distribution extended mass layoff events with expected recall, by industry reason for layoff, private Table ofof extended mass layoff events with expected recall, by industry and and reason for layoff, private nonfarm sector, 2002–09 nonfarm sector, 2002–09 Percent of layoff events Measure 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total, private nonfarm1 …………………………………….………………………………………………………………………… 41.4 43.2 51.1 56.2 52.1 49.5 2008 2009 41.4 34.2 Industry Mining …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 59.0 68.6 77.5 90.9 75.0 76.9 67.3 Utilities …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31.6 27.3 46.2 53.8 72.7 55.6 36.4 Construction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 76.5 71.9 76.7 80.2 58.9 53.8 56.4 Manufacturing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33.2 38.7 43.8 48.2 45.6 43.1 36.9 Wholesale trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32.0 26.6 36.2 44.1 36.9 31.6 20.5 Retail trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19.4 25.7 27.6 31.3 29.1 29.9 19.3 Transportation and warehousing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 53.3 54.8 68.7 65.3 72.3 76.0 51.9 Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10.7 9.8 12.4 17.5 26.5 23.7 9.8 Finance and insurance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2.0 3.4 5.1 8.2 5.0 .5 .2 43.9 52.4 56.4 28.1 14.7 11.7 46.7 4.1 1.3 Real estate and rental and leasing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 29.4 13.6 23.1 31.6 29.4 10.7 15.7 16.8 Professional and technical services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 30.9 32.7 42.4 46.8 52.9 40.4 31.5 22.8 Management of companies and enterprises …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25.0 35.0 23.8 42.9 33.3 42.9 33.3 22.2 Administrative and waste services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 37.2 31.3 34.7 42.6 41.1 56.2 41.3 31.9 Educational services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 57.9 48.1 68.8 50.0 60.9 55.6 51.2 39.0 Health care and social assistance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 63.1 60.9 69.7 69.1 79.7 77.7 66.5 62.6 Arts, entertainment, and recreation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 82.3 68.6 83.3 77.8 81.5 84.2 71.9 64.6 Accommodation and food services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 62.3 64.8 69.4 65.8 73.8 74.3 53.9 44.9 Other services, except public administration …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 72.5 66.7 64.8 71.3 81.5 69.9 57.8 43.2 Unclassified establishments …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9.1 57.1 50.0 – – 25.0 – – Reason for layoff2 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 39.4 40.9 44.3 48.9 43.5 39.1 40.7 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13.3 13.6 9.0 15.5 14.1 21.9 17.7 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53.1 41.6 38.6 42.8 36.6 36.3 51.1 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26.7 28.6 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34.2 37.5 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9.5 5.4 7.8 5.4 9.4 2.7 5.6 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 36.8 47.8 62.0 64.8 63.0 47.6 38.6 33.4 17.2 50.2 33.3 42.9 4.5 29.1 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4.3 6.5 5.7 4.5 5.0 6.0 3.3 3.8 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3.9 5.8 4.7 1.9 4.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4.4 6.6 6.0 5.2 5.1 7.1 3.3 3.9 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5.5 5.1 1.9 4.0 5.0 4.4 3.8 6.6 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3.7 2.3 – 2.2 1.8 – 1.5 3.4 4.0 4.3 8.5 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6.3 6.7 2.7 5.2 6.1 6.1 4.4 4.6 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40.4 48.1 45.1 40.2 44.7 53.6 44.9 38.7 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40.0 – – 33.3 12.5 12.5 50.0 20.0 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33.3 – – – 100.0 – 20.0 – 7.1 19.0 26.7 Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... 57.1 57.9 45.2 55.6 72.2 55.6 47.4 14.3 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44.4 80.0 80.0 50.0 70.0 100.0 66.7 100.0 Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40.0 66.7 77.8 71.4 66.7 66.7 66.7 100.0 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 83.3 95.8 94.7 90.0 83.3 82.4 87.5 100.0 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7.1 2.9 8.6 15.0 11.1 28.6 9.1 – Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 82.0 83.6 95.7 42.9 80.6 84.4 37.9 68.4 Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 66.7 60.0 50.0 100.0 25.0 – – 66.7 Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 100.0 33.3 100.0 50.0 60.0 66.7 100.0 – Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... 37.5 – 100.0 100.0 60.0 80.0 25.0 66.7 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... 91.9 95.8 96.8 42.5 89.6 95.5 37.3 70.0 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 92.6 94.2 95.1 94.8 93.6 94.7 95.3 94.1 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 92.3 93.9 95.0 94.5 93.3 93.5 94.3 92.9 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... 97.5 98.1 97.3 100.0 98.2 99.3 99.2 98.0 Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6.7 2.3 5.3 5.0 4.8 3.3 2.5 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16.7 11.8 16.8 17.0 19.1 46.3 39.3 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – – – Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... .7 – – – .9 .5 .1 4 4 4 4 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Domestic relocation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4.9 2.0 (4) (4) (4) (4) Overseas relocation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4.4 1.6 1 See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. 2 2See footnote 1, table 6. See footnote 1, table 6. 3 3 Use of this reason began with first–quarter 2007 data. Use of this reason began with first–quarter 2007 data. 1 4 Beginning with data for 2004, these reasons for layoff are no longer used. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program (4) (4) 1.4 27.0 – – (4) (4) 4 Beginning with data for 2004, these reasons for layoff are no For additional information, see the technical note. longer used. For additional information, see the technical note. NOTE: represents NOTE: DashDash represents zero.zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 31 0 Table29. 29.Number Numberofofextended extendedmass masslayoff layoff events and separations after which employer Table events and separations after which thethe employer does not expect a recall, by aindustry andindustry reason for layoff, private nonfarm sector,nonfarm 2009 does not expect recall, by and reason for layoff, private sector, 2009 Measure Events Separations Total, private nonfarm1 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4,401 772,219 Industry Mining …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 54 8,685 Utilities …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 799 Construction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 410 47,006 Manufacturing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,749 285,443 Wholesale trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 166 20,972 Retail trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 411 99,550 Transportation and warehousing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 179 31,995 Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 160 24,243 Finance and insurance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 266 51,270 Real estate and rental and leasing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41 6,139 Professional and technical services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 188 25,193 Management of companies and enterprises …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32 4,101 Administrative and waste services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 375 107,927 Educational services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 24 3,097 Health care and social assistance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 89 14,293 Arts, entertainment, and recreation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 40 5,590 Accommodation and food services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 178 31,080 Other services, except public administration …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33 4,640 Unclassified establishments …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 196 Reason for layoff2 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,689 436,258 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 177 25,326 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 338 94,995 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 818 Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 7,261 Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3,102 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,101 304,756 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 527 99,770 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 104 29,499 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 423 70,271 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 959 197,013 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 165 50,474 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 538 82,584 Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 256 63,955 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 5,968 Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 644 Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... (3) (3) Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 2,328 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... (3) (3) Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 2,595 Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 780 Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... (3) (3) Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... (3) (3) Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... (3) (3) 77 15,256 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 73 14,912 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 344 Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 112 17,174 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 68 11,247 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 827 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40 5,100 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 1 2 2 See 1, table table6.6. Seefootnote footnote 1, 3 See footnote 1, table 1. NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Data not meet meetBLS BLSoror State agency disclosure standards. Data do not State agency disclosure Statistics Program NOTE: Dash represents zero. standards. 3 32 Table 30. Permanent worksite closures: extended mass layoff events and separations by primary reason for layoff, private nonfarm sector, Table 30. Permanent worksite closures: extended mass layoff events and separations by primary reason for layoff, private nonfarm sector, 2005–09 2005–09 Layoff events Reason for layoff Separations 1 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total, all reasons ..................................................................................................................................................................... 560 621 594 899 1,101 107,399 153,718 125,836 215,647 237,821 Business demand ..................................................................................................................................................................... 104 123 139 236 406 16,704 22,977 23,426 51,480 74,058 Contract cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 28 24 26 40 3,180 4,227 4,488 Contract completion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 28 13 16 41 1,721 4,667 2,792 Domestic competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 4 5 568 (3) (3) (3) (3) Excess inventory/saturated market ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 8 10 1,373 (3) (3) (3) (3) Import competition ..................................................................................................................................................................... 32 36 49 34 12 6,091 6,151 7,903 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ..................................................................................................................................................................... 35 31 40 148 298 5,712 7,932 6,302 8,453 4,259 1,080 2,064 6,046 5,918 7,412 595 1,069 2,237 29,578 56,827 2 Organizational changes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 227 274 172 223 193 43,418 78,219 50,435 41,430 Business-ownership change ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46 70 57 50 45 8,651 23,548 11,341 16,379 Reorganization or restructuring of company ..................................................................................................................................................................... 181 204 115 173 148 34,767 54,671 19,306 34,056 12,902 28,528 Financial issues ..................................................................................................................................................................... 144 143 241 373 432 32,990 34,122 30,647 97,787 109,747 Bankruptcy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59 41 51 113 134 16,654 13,207 15,103 31,779 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 81 103 131 18,087 18,010 (3) (3) (3) (3) Financial difficulty ..................................................................................................................................................................... 85 102 109 157 167 16,336 20,915 30,150 47,998 42,348 24,382 43,017 4 ( ) 26 16 3,482 4,943 Production specific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 15 4 4 63,340 (4) 4 ( ) ( ) (4) ( ) 3 – – Automation/technological advances ..................................................................................................................................................................... – Energy related ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – 3 (4) (4) (4) (4) Governmental regulations/intervention ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 12 1,575 (3) (3) (4) (3) (3) Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) 4 4 Material or supply shortage ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – 3 – – – ( ) ( ) Model changeover ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – – – – Plant or machine repair/maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – – – (4) 2,699 4,342 Product line discontinued ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 11 8 (4) (4) (4) 4 (4) (4) ( ) 2,353 Disaster/safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 5 4 4 4 1,743 4 (4) 4 4 4 ( ) ( ) 585 Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 8 – 513 – ( ) ( ) 585 513 – Seasonal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 8 – Vacation period–school related or otherwise ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – – – – – Other/miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 53 30 34 49 7,867 11,201 3,651 562 510 4,254 (4) 291 – – – (4) (4) 4 ( ) (4) – – – 1,386 (4) (4) – – 4 ( ) – – 4 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Hazardous work environment ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – Natural disaster (not weather related) ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – (4) (4) (4) (4) Non-natural disaster ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) 4 4 4 4 Extreme weather-related event ..................................................................................................................................................................... – – – – ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 4 7,145 (4) 4 ( ) ( ) (4) 4 (4) – ( ) – 4,796 6,109 Other ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 38 11 16 32 5,593 8,458 1,634 490 582 661 Data not provided: Refusal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 4 4 6 2 Data not provided: Does not know ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 11 15 12 15 1,784 2,161 2,501 2,924 1,225 1,960 1 4 Seefootnote footnote table 6. Data do technical not meetnote. BLS or State agency disclosure standards. See 1, 1, table 6. see the See 1, 1, table 1. Seefootnote footnote table 1. For additional information, see the technical note. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 3 3 Use of this reason began with first–quarter 2007 data. Use of this reason began with first–quarter 2007 data. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 4 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. For additional information, 1 2 2 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 33 4 ( ) 4 7,768 5,471 204 2,093 Table 31. Permanent worksite closures: extended mass layoff events and separations by major industry sector, Table 31. nonfarm Permanent worksite closures: extended mass layoff events and separations by major industry sector, private nonfarm sector, 2005–09 private sector, 2005–09 Layoffs Separations Industry 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 Total, private nonfarm1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 560 621 594 899 1,101 107,399 153,718 125,836 2 2 2 2 2008 2009 215,647 237,821 2 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 6 19 1,184 Mining …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… – – – – Utilities …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… – – – (2) Construction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 24 18 6 30 34 3,270 1,377 2,083 Manufacturing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 249 314 289 382 480 48,184 67,228 56,264 Wholesale trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17 21 26 41 51 2,491 4,265 4,103 Retail trade …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 74 81 63 145 214 17,318 40,784 19,771 Transportation and warehousing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25 23 16 50 59 4,965 7,852 3,209 Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15 30 12 20 29 2,906 6,537 1,623 Finance and insurance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 27 34 86 69 49 5,119 5,510 16,164 2 ( ) (2) 4,783 83,487 6,591 51,381 15,844 3,059 11,367 4,154 – 5,109 91,476 7,881 66,679 12,125 4,838 11,303 ( ) ( ) 3 4 7 11 296 532 981 Real estate and rental and leasing …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Professional and technical services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8 17 11 18 28 1,503 2,970 1,831 3,729 3 4 7 7 367 811 1,415 Management of companies and enterprises …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (2) (2) Administrative and waste services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 29 24 20 37 44 5,609 5,226 3,913 9,073 568 Educational services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Health care and social assistance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31 16 24 28 25 5,818 3,109 8,351 9,337 7 1,208 320 Arts, entertainment, and recreation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8 3 8 2,100 (2) (2) Accommodation and food services …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 28 20 13 44 29 4,935 6,150 3,296 10,789 Other services, except public administration …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15 11 9 6 10 2,517 1,387 1,814 660 2,645 5,211 1,098 9,621 527 4,412 1,529 7,292 1,921 2 2 Unclassified establishments …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… – – 1 – – – – 1 1 22 Seefootnote footnote table 1. See 1, 1, table 1. Data BLS or State agency disclosure standards. Datado donot notmeet meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. 538 – NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program NOTE: Dash represents zero. 34 – Table32. 32.Permanent Permanent worksite closures: extended massevents layoff and events and separations, private nonfarm sector,ranking 50 highest Table worksite closures: extended mass layoff separations, private nonfarm sector, 50 highest three-digit ranking three-digit NAICS industries in 2009 NAICS industries in 2009 Permanent closures Industry NAICS 2008 Events Separations 2009 Rank1 Events Separations 2 Total, private nonfarm ...................................................................................................................................................................................... … 899 215,647 … 1,101 237,821 Rank1 … Total, 50 highest ranking industries ...................................................................................................................................................................................... … 831 203,781 … 1,010 224,553 … Electronics and appliance stores ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 443 9 5,278 14 33 23,489 1 Transportation equipment manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 336 76 20,471 2 82 20,452 2 General merchandise stores ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 452 43 20,680 1 48 16,742 3 Administrative and support services ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 561 37 9,073 5 43 9,528 4 Credit intermediation and related activities ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 522 60 10,032 3 37 9,132 5 Food manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 311 28 7,472 8 32 8,015 6 Machinery manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 333 15 2,630 29 30 6,362 7 Computer and electronic product manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 334 28 5,770 13 40 6,103 8 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 448 14 3,820 18 30 5,921 9 Wood product manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 321 29 5,915 12 33 5,709 10 Professional and technical services ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 541 18 3,729 21 28 5,211 11 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 423 19 3,219 23 31 5,072 12 Fabricated metal product manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 332 22 31 4,844 13 20 3,226 Food services and drinking places ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 722 40 9,409 4 16 4,681 14 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 326 26 6,200 10 30 4,635 15 Food and beverage stores ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 445 12 7,760 7 26 4,509 16 Furniture and related product manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 337 20 4,334 17 28 4,361 17 Primary metal manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 331 18 3,770 19 20 4,181 18 Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 335 15 3,732 20 17 4,106 19 Apparel manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 315 14 2,260 30 23 4,032 20 Building material and garden supply stores ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 444 9 1,715 35 15 3,777 21 Printing and related support activities ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 323 11 1,846 31 22 3,673 22 Furniture and home furnishings stores ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 442 16 6,914 9 12 3,618 23 Truck transportation ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 484 21 4,886 16 19 3,456 24 61 13 2,924 25 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 451 (3) (3) Couriers and messengers ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 492 7 6,025 11 6 2,800 26 Mining, except oil and gas ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 212 – – 73 12 2,732 27 Textile mills ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 313 20 5,119 15 14 2,632 28 Accommodation ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 721 37 13 2,611 29 4 1,380 Chemical manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 325 14 2,814 28 18 2,590 30 Publishing industries, except Internet ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 511 11 1,257 38 16 2,548 31 Hospitals ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 622 6 7 2,542 32 17 7,972 Paper manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 322 18 2,905 27 21 2,431 33 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 424 18 2,925 26 15 2,417 34 Warehousing and storage ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 493 5 779 49 12 2,289 35 Miscellaneous manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 339 7 853 47 12 2,182 36 Construction of buildings ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 236 10 1,728 34 12 37 2,180 Health and personal care stores ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 446 52 5 2,088 38 3 574 Real estate ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 531 51 6 2,075 39 3 692 Insurance carriers and related activities ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 524 40 9 40 8 1,210 1,862 1,695 Specialty trade contractors ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 238 13 1,826 32 15 41 Telecommunications ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 517 5 1,060 42 9 42 1,674 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 327 9 1,764 33 43 12 1,467 Transit and ground passenger transportation ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 485 5 818 48 44 9 1,452 57 7 45 Support activities for mining ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 213 1,422 (3) (3) Textile product mills ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 314 6 971 46 46 7 1,344 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 312 5 1,003 45 47 3 1,299 Nonstore retailers ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 454 43 8 48 8 1,058 1,243 Heavy and civil engineering construction ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 237 39 49 7 1,229 7 1,234 Motor vehicle and parts dealers ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 441 26 3,074 25 16 50 1,211 Industries are ranked by the number of separations in 2009. Industries are ranked by the number of separations in 2009. See footnote 1, table 1. 3 See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 1 1 2 2 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 3 Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 35 Table 33. 33. Permanent Permanent worksite worksiteclosures: closures:over-the-year over-the-yearcomparisons comparisons extendedmass masslayoff layoffevents eventsand Table ofofextended separations by State, privateprivate nonfarm sector, 2008–09 and separations by State, nonfarm sector, 2008–09 State Layoffs 2008 Separations 2009 Change 2008 2009 Total, private nonfarm1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 899 1,101 202 215,647 237,821 Change 22,174 Alabama ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 20 21 1 5,502 4,676 (2) (2) (2) – Alaska ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. – Arizona ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 11 6 1,900 2,441 Arkansas ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11 8 -3 1,826 1,938 California ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 177 184 7 41,834 46,854 Colorado ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11 11 – 3,201 2,359 (2) (2) (2) 12 2,664 Connecticut ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. (2) (2) (2) Delaware ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 1,579 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) District of Columbia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. Florida ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 97 115 18 27,071 19,830 Georgia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 58 57 -1 9,129 11,082 Hawaii ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. – 3 3 – 319 (2) (2) (2) 3 648 Idaho ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. -826 (2) 541 112 5,020 -842 (2) (2) (2) -7,241 1,953 319 (2) Illinois ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 55 75 20 12,672 13,295 Indiana ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 41 40 -1 10,035 9,681 Iowa ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 12 2 1,839 1,508 (2) (2) (2) Kansas ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 628 Kentucky ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 22 25 3 3,211 4,085 Louisiana ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 7 2 649 1,906 (2) (2) (2) 5 697 Maine ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. Maryland ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6 6 – 861 937 Massachusetts ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 14 17 3 2,011 2,907 Michigan ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 26 20 -6 5,932 3,216 Minnesota ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 6 1 976 1,055 Mississippi ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 14 13 -1 3,558 2,807 Missouri ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 25 34 9 6,363 5,169 623 -354 -331 (2) 874 1,257 (2) 76 896 -2,716 79 -751 -1,194 Montana ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 4 -1 499 333 -166 (2) (2) (2) (2) Nebraska ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 1,266 Nevada ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 10 1 2,680 2,351 -329 New Hampshire ..................................................................................................................................................................... – 4 4 – 979 979 New Jersey ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 36 -8 9,926 7,978 -1,948 New Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 7 – 916 1,181 265 New York ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 25 47 22 8,680 10,503 1,823 North Carolina ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 26 45 19 4,685 6,352 1,667 North Dakota ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. – – – – – – Ohio ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 67 54 -13 22,651 11,203 -11,448 Oklahoma ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 9 6 2,460 2,266 -194 Oregon ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 8 – 1,112 1,156 44 Pennsylvania ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9 28 19 1,362 12,887 11,525 Rhode Island ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 5 1 527 471 South Carolina ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7 9 2 1,479 930 (2) (2) (2) – South Dakota ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. – Tennessee ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11 24 13 1,304 3,528 Texas ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 45 28 -17 11,940 10,677 (2) (2) (2) 7 1,900 Utah ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. (2) (2) (2) – Vermont ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. – Virginia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 17 14 802 3,535 Washington ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 19 15 549 4,657 (2) (2) (2) 9 2,328 West Virginia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. Wisconsin ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6 25 19 2,402 7,873 Wyoming ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. – – – – – 1 1 See footnote 1, table 1. See footnote 1, table 1. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Data meet or State disclosure standards. Data do do notnot meet BLS BLS or State agencyagency disclosure standards. Program 2 2 -56 -549 (2) 2,224 -1,263 (2) (2) 2,733 4,108 (2) 5,471 – NOTE: Dash represents zero. NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 36 Table34. 34. Permanent worksite closures: 25 metropolitan with the largest number of initial claimants associated with Table Permanent worksite closures: The 25The metropolitan areas withareas the largest number of initial claimants associated with extended mass layoff events in 2009, by layoff residency of claimants, nonfarm of sector extended mass events in 2009,private by residency claimants, private nonfarm sector 2008 Metropolitan Area Initial claims 2009 Rank1 Initial claims Rank1 Total, 372 metropolitan areas2 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................ 152,724 … 158,401 … Total, 25 highest ranking metropolitan areas …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 89,043 … 87,737 … Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 15,744 1 12,313 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 7,829 3 8,799 2 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 8,557 2 6,425 3 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 4,720 6 6,105 4 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 7,085 4 5,913 5 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 5 5,574 6 6,549 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 3,555 8 4,623 7 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 10 3,726 8 3,311 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Calif. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 3,269 11 2,739 9 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 16 2,716 10 2,011 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 306 93 2,624 11 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 2,689 12 2,513 12 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 9 2,434 13 3,446 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.-S.C. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 499 58 2,309 14 St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 2,360 15 2,203 15 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 14 2,192 16 2,438 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 1,640 21 2,095 17 Dalton, Ga. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 7 2,027 18 3,689 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 57 1,602 19 513 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 24 1,515 20 1,424 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 13 1,500 21 2,656 Janesville, Wis. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 22 1,494 22 1,601 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Ariz. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 65 1,491 23 465 Columbus, Ohio …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 1,797 20 1,451 24 Jacksonville, Fla. …………………………………………………………............................................................................................................. 38 1,354 25 890 11 22 Metropolitan areas are ranked by theby number of initialof claimants in 2009. in 2009. Metropolitan areas are ranked the number initial claimants See 1, table 1. 1. Seefootnote footnote 1, table NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in this are defined in U.S. of Management and Budget Bulletin 10-02, tableOffice are defined in U.S. Office of Management andDecember Budget 1, 2009. Bulletin 10-02, December 1, 2009. Dash represents zero. NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in this table SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 37 Table 35. Selected business functions involved in nonseasonal extended mass layoff events, 2008–09 Table 35. Selected business functions involved in nonseasonal extended mass layoff events, 2008–09 (Number of reports) (Number of reports) Selected business functions by business process Total 1 2008 Main 2009 2008 Secondary 2009 2008 2009 12,177 18,865 4,435 6,634 7,742 Total 2 ……………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Producing goods/providing services 1,187 1,513 1,125 1,426 Construction activities ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1,549 2,345 1,414 2,173 Producing goods ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 189 347 82 193 Providing services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12,231 62 135 107 87 172 154 228 414 26 31 202 Accounting services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 216 436 160 325 56 Contracted services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 161 397 22 93 139 Engineering services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 55 93 50 76 5 Entertainment services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 394 590 17 34 377 Facility maintenance services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 64 129 4 10 60 Financial management ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 162 187 117 119 45 Financial services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 165 182 89 70 76 Food and cafeteria services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 66 100 60 73 6 Health care services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 54 133 10 24 44 Housekeeping services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 72 98 28 56 44 Lodging services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 129 156 28 39 101 Maintaining and repairing products ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 55 56 18 24 37 Security services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 111 304 17 556 119 68 112 27 109 42 117 32 393 554 195 236 198 Assembling products ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 263 544 137 408 126 Fabricating ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 263 490 1 3 262 Quality assurance/quality control ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 495 853 3 3 492 Supervision--first line or direct ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Procurement, logistics, distribution 93 163 1 4 Buying ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 246 290 65 60 Distribution ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 166 228 14 18 Packing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 227 342 2 1 Receiving ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 373 590 30 56 Shipping ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 280 374 99 120 Transporting ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 332 466 68 73 Warehousing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 383 318 136 487 850 92 181 152 225 343 181 264 159 230 210 341 534 254 393 General management and firm infrastructure 1,381 2,100 76 103 1,305 Administrative and clerical support ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 610 1,050 36 52 574 General management ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1,997 998 Human resource management 407 619 5 5 402 Human resources, including recruiting ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 174 190 5 3 169 Payroll and compensation ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 24 44 – 7 24 Training ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 614 187 37 Marketing, sales, customer accounts 31 71 5 21 Advertising ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 83 123 – – Billing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 129 214 15 12 Marketing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 140 221 10 10 Order processing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 369 622 203 371 Selling ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19 28 10 17 Telemarketing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 26 83 114 130 166 9 50 123 202 211 251 11 Customer and after-sales service 85 136 55 83 Call center activities ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 373 534 48 63 Customer service ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 55 64 15 10 Installing products ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 75 155 3 8 Technical support ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 30 325 40 72 53 471 54 147 Technology and process development 20 43 12 11 8 Computer systems development ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 36 62 4 3 32 Computer systems maintenance ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 48 65 3 4 45 Data processing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10 17 2 5 8 Internet web services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 28 53 8 19 20 Software development and testing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 118 224 21 25 97 Software and IT services ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 32 59 61 12 34 199 85 Other business functions …………………………………………………………….. 106 160 34 54 51 Other 628 797 396 543 232 Events with nonstandard functions reported ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21 31 21 31 – Refusal 3 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 174 135 174 135 – Does not know 4 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 254 – – 1 1 Business functions reported in this table were the most frequently cited functions in 2007. Functions are grouped by business process without regard Business functions reported in this table were the most frequently cited of the employer interview. to the industry the establishment. Therefore, the process process without "operations" 4 functions in 2007.ofFunctions are grouped by business regarddoes not appear. Excludes events in which contact with the employer was not possible. 2 were by all states and the the District of Columbia. to theData industry ofreported the establishment. Therefore, process "operations" does NOTE: Dash represents zero. 3 Excludes events in which the employer refused to participate in any part of the employer interview. not appear. 42 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program Data wereevents reported all states and thethe District of Columbia. Excludes in by which contact with employer was not possible. 3 Excludes events in which the employer refused to participate in any part NOTE: Dash represents zero. 38 Table 36. 36. Business Business processes extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, 2008–09 Table processesinvolved involvedinin extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, 2008–09 Core processes Reason Extended mass layoff events Total business processes Procurement, logistics, distribution Operations 2009 Support processes Technolog Customer General Human Marketing, y and Product and after- managem resource sales, account ent and process development sales management management firm developm service infrastruct ent Total business process ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,827 14,823 1,148 8,920 398 629 533 2,123 619 453 Business demand ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5,404 7,981 522 5,155 192 251 197 1,098 316 250 Contract cancellation ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 250 433 29 231 10 13 16 83 22 29 Contract completion ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,210 1,435 52 1,171 14 22 18 99 36 23 Domestic competition ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 25 1 12 – 2 2 4 2 2 Excess inventory/saturated market ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 84 150 28 80 10 6 4 14 2 6 Import competition ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22 60 10 22 2 3 1 11 6 5 156 205 156 887 248 185 37 90 79 274 99 60 5 16 17 57 25 12 74 62 217 74 48 196 141 463 159 115 16 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3,826 5,878 402 3,639 Organizational changes ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 573 1,241 121 481 Business-ownership change ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 113 251 21 98 Reorganization or restructuring of company ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 460 990 100 383 32 Financial issues ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,075 2,375 247 948 106 Bankruptcy ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 178 478 56 158 8 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 615 1,253 128 534 74 Financial difficulty ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 282 644 63 256 24 50 44 97 49 104 55 241 54 63 42 42 125 56 36 Production specific ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 62 129 14 60 6 6 5 24 8 6 Disaster/Safety ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19 24 2 2 – – 2 – – Seasonal ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2,211 2,782 225 18 2,108 45 75 92 213 19 5 Other/Miscellaneous ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2,483 291 17 150 10 11 19 49 18 17 Total business process ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8,259 10,432 792 6,384 269 434 403 1,486 444 220 Business demand ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3,388 4,776 310 3,197 141 161 97 613 169 88 Contract cancellation ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 141 243 18 135 8 11 7 42 14 8 Contract completion ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 946 1,040 25 917 9 12 10 49 8 10 Domestic competition ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7 13 3 7 2008 1 1 – 1 – – Excess inventory/saturated market ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 40 88 11 39 6 7 3 15 5 2 Import competition ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 54 135 26 53 4 4 4 27 11 6 113 126 73 479 131 62 29 62 86 253 93 59 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2,200 3,257 227 2,046 Organizational changes ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 517 1,107 119 406 Business-ownership change ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 93 190 21 72 7 Reorganization or restructuring of company ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 424 917 98 334 22 15 9 47 14 5 47 77 206 79 54 60 Financial issues ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 763 1,699 175 660 50 132 112 367 143 Bankruptcy ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 136 352 36 123 8 25 30 74 44 12 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 352 713 71 291 21 59 37 166 38 30 Financial difficulty ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 275 634 68 246 48 45 127 61 18 21 Production specific ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 107 185 20 102 9 5 7 28 8 6 Disaster/Safety ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 58 51 4 31 3 3 1 6 3 – 1,881 32 62 95 183 22 2 Other/Miscellaneous ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,444 182 9 107 5 9 5 36 6 5 Seasonal ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1,982 2,432 155 1 Data were reported by all and and the District of Columbia. 1 Data were reported bystates all states the District of Columbia. NOTE: Dash represents zero. NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 39 Table Number of business processes in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, 2008–09 Table 37.37. Number of business processes affectedaffected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, 2008–09 Total Main Secondary Total Main Secondary Business Processes Business Processes 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 Total, private nonfarm Core Processes ……………………………………………………………………………………… 6,057 9,083 4,627 6,956 1,430 65 69 572 854 Operations ……………………………………………………………………………………… 4,503 6,812 4,381 6,659 122 153 Procurement, logistics, and distribution …………………………………………. 637 923 Product development ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 237 353 49 32 188 2,127 321 Marketing, sales, and account management …………………………………………. 372 554 84 127 288 427 Customer and after-sales service …………………………………………. 308 48 69 260 372 Support Processes ……………………………………………………………………………………… 1,943 2,958 202 441 221 1,741 2,737 146 152 1,157 1,758 600 30 30 392 570 Technology and process development …………………………………………. 218 448 26 39 192 409 197 166 – – Core Processes ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3,749 5,428 2,930 4,259 819 1,169 20 403 571 General management and firm infrastructure …………………………………………. 1,303 1,910 Human resources management …………………………………………. 422 2 Business Function not provided …………………………………………. 197 166 Goods-producing industries Procurement, logistics, and distribution …………………………………………. 432 591 29 Operations ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2,891 4,246 2,847 4,205 44 41 Product development ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 182 246 30 11 152 235 Marketing, sales, and account management …………………………………………. 145 210 21 19 124 191 3 4 96 131 Support Processes ……………………………………………………………………………………… 1,045 1,663 42 Customer and after-sales service …………………………………………. 99 135 50 1,003 1,613 35 35 636 1,007 328 – 1 231 327 Technology and process development …………………………………………. 143 293 7 14 136 279 47 48 – – Core Processes ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2,308 3,655 1,697 2,697 611 958 49 169 283 78 112 General management and firm infrastructure …………………………………………. 671 1,042 Human resources management …………………………………………. 231 2 Business Function not provided …………………………………………. 47 48 Service-providing industries Procurement, logistics, and distribution …………………………………………. 205 332 36 Operations ………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………… 1,612 2,566 1,534 2,454 Product development ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 55 107 19 21 36 86 Marketing, sales, and account management …………………………………………. 227 344 63 108 164 236 Customer and after-sales service …………………………………………. 209 45 65 164 241 306 Support Processes ……………………………………………………………………………………… 898 1,295 160 171 738 1,124 111 117 521 751 272 30 29 161 243 Technology and process development …………………………………………. 75 155 19 25 56 130 150 118 – – General management and firm infrastructure …………………………………………. 632 868 Human resources management …………………………………………. 191 2 Business Function not provided …………………………………………. 150 1 1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. 118 interview are not included. Data reported byfor all which statesrespondents and the District of Columbia. The were number of events were unable or refused to NOTE: Dash represents zero. 2 provide a Business Function events where The number of eventsresponse. for whichLayoff respondents were employer unable orcontact refused to provide a Business Function response. Layoff events where 2 could not be made or where employers refused to participate in the employer SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program employer contact could not be made or where employers refused to participate in the employer interview are not included. NOTE: Dash represents zero. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics Program 40 Technical Note T he Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a FederalState program that uses a standardized, automated approach to identifying, describing, and tracking the effects of major job cutbacks, using data from each State’s unemployment insurance (UI) database. Establishments that have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance 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; unemployment insurance claimants are identified by such demographic factors as age, race, sex, ethnic group, and place of residence. The MLS program yields information on an individual’s entire spell of unemployment, to the point at which regular unemployment insurance benefits are exhausted. Beginning with data for 2004, the scope of extended mass layoffs and plant closings was redefined to cover only the private nonfarm economy. Therefore, extended mass layoff information for agriculture and Government are no longer collected. With the release of the extended mass layoff data from the first quarter of 2007, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) introduced improvements to the presentation of data on economic reasons for extended mass layoffs. Thus, reason data beginning with the first quarter of 2007 are not strictly comparable to data from previous quarters. This report uses the new metropolitan area definitions as published in the Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 1002 and the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) definitions. ment insurance benefits from an establishment during a 5-week period, with at least 50 workers separated for more than 30 days. Definitions Clothing manufacturing and distribution. Industries involved in the production and distribution of clothing. These industries include textile mills, apparel manufacturing, footwear manufacturing, apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers, clothing stores, shoe stores, department stores, and formal wear and costume rental. Movement-of-work action. Employer-confirmed relocation of work within the same company or to other companies, domestically or outside the United States. Because employers may cite more than one location to which work is moving, a layoff event may have more than one action associated with it. Continued claim. A claim filed after the initial claim, by mail, telephone, or in person, for waiting-period credit or payment for a certified week of unemployment. The MLS program collects continued claims for 1 week each month. That is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th day of the month and is referred to as the Current Population Survey (CPS) reference week. Because continued claims are not tracked for all weeks, an exact measure of insured jobless duration is not available. Establishment. A unit at a single physical location at which predominantly one type of economic activity is conducted. Extended layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for unemploy- Final payment recipients. Persons who have exhausted all of their unemployment insurance benefits and are no longer eligible for any further benefits. Food processing and distribution. Industries that are involved in the production and distribution of food. These industries include food manufacturing, beverage manufacturing, grocery and related product wholesalers, farm product raw material merchant wholesalers, alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers, farm supplies merchant wholesalers, food and beverage stores, food (health) supplement stores, refrigerated warehousing and storage, farm product warehousing and storage, veterinary services, and food services and drinking places. 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 who are subject to recall and those who are terminated. Mass layoff. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment beginning in a given month, regardless of the duration of the layoff. Movement-of-work separations. The number of separations specifically associated with movement-of-work actions. Separations. The total number of people laid off in an extended mass layoff event for more than 30 days, according to the employer. Worksite closure. The full closure of either multi-unit or singleunit establishments or the partial closure of a multi-unit establishment where entire worksites affected by layoffs are closed or planned to be closed with no employer expectation of recall. Movement-of-work concepts and questions Because of the employer interview component, BLS decided to 41 use the MLS program as a vehicle for collecting additional information on offshoring and outsourcing associated with job loss, by adding questions that address movement of work. The term “moving work” means that the company experiencing the layoff has reassigned work activities that were performed at a worksite by the company’s employees (1) to another worksite within the company; (2) to another company under formal arrangements at the same worksite; or (3) to another company under formal arrangements at another worksite. The type of work activities subject to movement can include accounting, customer service, cleaning, warehousing, and so forth. “Overseas relocation” is the movement of work from within the United States to locations outside of the United States. Overseas relocation can occur within the same company and involve movement of work to a different location of that company outside of the United States, or to a different company altogether. “Domestic relocation” is the movement of work to other locations inside the United States, 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 reports. Therefore, the data presented in this report are not comparable to those that were presented in earlier reports. 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. The State analyst asks questions on movement of work after he or she has verified that a layoff in fact occurred and lasted more than 30 days, and has 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 is asked the following: (1) Did this layoff include your company moving work from this location(s) to a different geographic location(s) within your company? (2) Did this layoff include your company moving work that was performed in-house by your employees to a different company, through contractual arrangements? If the respondent answers “yes” to either question, the analyst follows up by asking, “Is the location inside or outside of the United States?” 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 United States. Domestic relocation is determined if the employer responds yes to questions 1 and/or 2 and indicates that the location(s) was within the United States. After asking the movement-of-work questions, the employer interview continues and the analyst obtains responses for questions on recall expectations and open/closed status of the worksite. The MLS program uses a range to report separations associated with movement of work. The data provided by respondents on the number of separations associated with specific movement-ofwork actions establish a lower bound. The upper bound is the total number of separations in extended mass layoff events in which there was some movement of work. The difference between the lower and upper bounds includes an unknown number of separations that were not due to movement of work and an unknown number of separations from movement-of-work actions where employers could not provide detail. Business functions and business processes Business functions are the specific activities that a firm performs in order to produce its products or provide its services. During the MLS interview, employers are asked to identify all the functions performed by the workers who were laid off. Thus, the collection of business function allows for a broader assessment of the impact of the layoffs than the industry classification alone. Many different business functions have been reported by employers. In order to better understand how these functions are involved in the firm’s operations, a set of eight business processes was identified that defines the full range of activities a firm engages in to conduct its business. All functions can be assigned to a process, depending upon the industry of the establishment. The eight processes are grouped into core business processes and support business processes. Thus, it is possible to report both the number of business functions and business processes affected by extended mass layoffs over time and cross tabulate the data using other information such as reason for layoff and industry. For a more complete description of the collection and definition of business function and processes in the MLS program, see the article “Business Processes and Business Functions: a new way of looking at employment” from the December 2008 issue of the Monthly Labor Review (http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/12/ art3full.pdf). Reliability of the data The identification of establishments and layoff events in the MLS program and associated characteristics of claimants is based on administrative data on covered establishments and unemployment insurance claims, and, therefore, is not subject to issues associated with sampling error. Nonsampling errors such as typographical errors may occur but are not likely to be significant. While the MLS establishments and layoff events are not subject to sampling error, and all such employers are asked the employer interview questions, the employer responses are subject to nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the inability to obtain information for all respondents, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For 2009, outright refusal to participate in the employer interview accounted for 4.6 percent of all private nonfarm events. Employers in 174 instances were included in the total number of actions entailing movement of work, but were unable to provide the number of separations specifically associated with the movement of work. Out-of-country moves were involved in 44 of these instances. Material in this report is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be used without permission. The information in this report is available to sensory-impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-7828; Federal Relay Service: 1 (800) 877-8339. Email address: mlsinfo@bls.gov. 42
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