Table 7. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011
Table 7. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2010 and 2011
Layoff events Separations
Reason for layoff IV III IV IV III IV
2010 2011r 2011p 2010 2011r 2011p
Total, private nonfarm (1) .... 50 38 33 9,073 6,911 5,910
Business demand .................. 8 11 (2) 1,663 3,140 (2)
Contract cancellation .......... (2) 4 - (2) 712 -
Contract completion ............ (2) - (2) (2) - (2)
Domestic competition ........... - (2) - - (2) -
Excess inventory/saturated
market ....................... - (2) - - (2) -
Import competition ............. (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Slack work/insufficient demand/
non-seasonal business slowdown 4 (2) (2) 1,101 (2) (2)
Organizational changes ........... 24 13 16 4,873 1,824 3,537
Business-ownership change ...... 3 (2) 3 1,413 (2) 998
Reorganization or restructuring
of company ................... 21 (2) 13 3,460 (2) 2,539
Financial issues ................. 18 (2) 7 2,537 (2) 886
Bankruptcy ..................... - - - - - -
Cost control/cost cutting/
increase profitability ....... 14 (2) (2) 1,733 (2) (2)
Financial difficulty ........... 4 (2) (2) 804 (2) (2)
Production specific .............. - (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)
Disaster/safety .................. - (2) - - (2) -
Hazardous work environment ..... - - - - - -
Natural disaster (not weather
related) ..................... - - - - - -
Non-natural disaster ........... - - - - - -
Extreme weather-related event .. - (2) - - (2) -
Other/miscellaneous .............. - (2) 6 - (2) 867
Other .......................... - (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Data not provided: refusal ..... - (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Data not provided: does not
know ......................... - - 3 - - 436
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.
