MLS News Releases

Mass Layoffs (Monthly)

September 23, 2008

August mass layoff events, at 1,772 seasonally adjusted, reached a program high for the month, while associated initial claims, at 173,955, were the highest for August since 2001. Year-to-date totals of layoff events (12,542) and related initial claims (1,274,765) in 2008 were the highest January-August totals since 2003. More...
(HTML) (PDF)

Extended Mass Layoffs (Quarterly)

August 15, 2008

In the second quarter of 2008, 1,534 extended mass layoff events resulted in the separation of 299,886 workers. Both layoff events and separations reached their highest second quarter levels since 2003. Layoffs due to slack work more than doubled over the year to 40,300 separations, and changes in business ownership more than quadrupled to 16,852. More...
(HTML) (PDF)

Current

  • Mass Layoffs (Monthly) (HTML) (PDF)
  • Extended Mass Layoffs (Quarterly) (HTML) (PDF)

Archived