Table 8.  Reason for layoff:  Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2006 and 2007

                                               Layoff events                                  Separations              


         Reason for layoff               IV         III        IV                IV               III              IV  
                                       2006r       2007r      2007p             2006r            2007r            2007p

   Total, private nonfarm (1) ....       69          63          61            15,782           12,361           10,076

Business demand ..................       12          17         (2)             2,129            3,303             (2) 
  Contract cancellation ..........      (2)         (2)         (2)              (2)              (2)              (2) 
  Contract completion ............      (2)         (2)          -               (2)              (2)               -  
  Domestic competition ...........       -           -           -                -                -                -  
  Excess inventory/saturated 
    market .......................       -          (2)          -                -               (2)               -  
  Import competition .............        7          10           7             1,463            2,269            1,165
  Slack work/insufficient demand/
    non-seasonal business slowdown      (2)         (2)         (2)              (2)              (2)              (2) 

Organizational changes ...........       43          23          27             8,340            4,723            4,605
  Business-ownership change ......        5           4           5             1,160              903            1,325
  Reorganization or restructuring 
    of company ...................       38          19          22             7,180            3,820            3,280

Financial issues .................      (2)          18          18              (2)             3,763            2,981
  Bankruptcy .....................       -           -           -                -                -                -  
  Cost control/cost cutting/
    increase profitability .......       -          (2)         (2)               -               (2)              (2) 
  Financial difficulty ...........      (2)         (2)         (2)              (2)              (2)              (2) 
Production specific ..............        8         (2)          -              4,016             (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 ......        8          -           -              4,016              -                -  

Disaster/safety ..................        -          -           -                -                -                -  
  Hazardous work environment .....        -          -           -                -                -                -  
  Natural disaster (not weather
    related) .....................        -          -           -                -                -                -  
  Non-natural disaster ...........        -          -           -                -                -                -  
  Extreme weather-related event ..        -          -           -                -                -                -  

Other/miscellaneous ..............       (2)        (2)         (2)              (2)              (2)              (2) 
  Other ..........................       (2)        (2)         (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.