Table 7. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2008 and 2009
Table 7. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2008 and 2009
Layoff events Separations
Reason for layoff III II III III II III
2008 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p
Total, private nonfarm (1) .... 84 117 75 14,943 21,720 12,107
Business demand .................. (2) 38 21 (2) 5,848 3,337
Contract cancellation .......... (2) 3 (2) (2) 555 (2)
Contract completion ............ - - - - - -
Domestic competition ........... - - (2) - - (2)
Excess inventory/saturated
market ....................... - - (2) - - (2)
Import competition ............. (2) 6 (2) (2) 831 (2)
Slack work/insufficient demand/
non-seasonal business slowdown 12 29 15 3,130 4,462 2,583
Organizational changes ........... 47 47 39 8,450 7,982 6,671
Business-ownership change ...... 6 4 6 1,628 1,256 1,329
Reorganization or restructuring
of company ................... 41 43 33 6,822 6,726 5,342
Financial issues ................. 19 24 (2) 2,669 6,497 (2)
Bankruptcy ..................... - 4 (2) - 1,254 (2)
Cost control/cost cutting/
increase profitability ....... (2) 14 11 (2) 2,587 1,489
Financial difficulty ........... (2) 6 (2) (2) 2,656 (2)
Production specific .............. - 5 (2) - 558 (2)
Automation/technological
advances ..................... - (2) - - (2) -
Energy related ................. - - - - - -
Governmental regulations/
intervention ................. - - - - - -
Labor dispute/contract
negotiations/strike .......... - - - - - -
Material or supply shortage .... - - - - - -
Model changeover ............... - - - - - -
Plant or machine repair/
maintenance .................. - - - - - -
Product line discontinued ...... - (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Disaster/safety .................. - - - - - -
Hazardous work environment ..... - - - - - -
Natural disaster (not weather
related) ..................... - - - - - -
Non-natural disaster ........... - - - - - -
Extreme weather-related event .. - - - - - -
Other/miscellaneous .............. (2) 3 - (2) 835 -
Other .......................... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Data not provided: refusal ..... - - - - - -
Data not provided: does not
know ......................... - (2) - - (2) -
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
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