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 II I II II I II
2008 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p
Total, private nonfarm (1) .... 71 92 99 12,317 15,501 18,242
Business demand .................. 19 44 33 4,560 6,374 4,927
Contract cancellation .......... - (2) 3 - (2) 555
Contract completion ............ - (2) - - (2) -
Domestic competition ........... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Excess inventory/saturated
market ....................... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Import competition ............. (2) 5 4 (2) 868 651
Slack work/insufficient demand/
non-seasonal business slowdown 9 33 26 2,810 4,385 3,721
Organizational changes ........... 34 24 41 5,154 3,564 6,824
Business-ownership change ...... 3 (2) (2) 634 (2) (2)
Reorganization or restructuring
of company ................... 31 (2) (2) 4,520 (2) (2)
Financial issues ................. 12 18 20 1,691 4,514 5,496
Bankruptcy ..................... - - 4 - - 1,254
Cost control/cost cutting/
increase profitability ....... (2) (2) 10 (2) (2) 1,586
Financial difficulty ........... (2) (2) 6 (2) (2) 2,656
Production specific .............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (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) (2) (2)
Disaster/safety .................. (2) - - (2) - -
Hazardous work environment ..... - - - - - -
Natural disaster (not weather
related) ..................... - - - - - -
Non-natural disaster ........... - - - - - -
Extreme weather-related event .. (2) - - (2) - -
Other/miscellaneous .............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Other .......................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Data not provided: refusal ..... (2) - - (2) - -
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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