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Mass Layoff Statistics

Selected business functions involved in nonseasonal extended mass layoff events, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010

Table 1. Selected business functions involved in nonseasonal extended mass layoff events, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010(Number of reports)
Selected business functions by business process (1)TotalMainSecondary
II
2009 (r)
I
2010 (r)
II
2010 (p)
II
2009 (r)
I
2010 (r)
II
2010 (p)
II
2009 (r)
I
2010 (r)
II
2010 (p)
Total (2)
5,1622,5631,8051,8101,0208113,3521,543994

Producing goods/providing services

         
Construction activities
375305252347291241281411
Producing goods
632263168584251158481210
Providing services
828455495232333223
Accounting services
1144627102-1044427
Contracted services
1038059795042243017
Engineering services
1145227201310943917
Entertainment services
221721181618413
Facility maintenance services
1777546128131656733
Financial management
37191333-341613
Financial services
531829359211898
Food and cafeteria services
363827191915171912
Gaming services
(3)73(3)61(3)12
Health care services
272226202023723
Housekeeping services
401712621341511
Lodging services
201311131010731
Maintaining and repairing products
43132094634914
Security services
91414379675
Assembling products
1754133961210792923
Fabricating
17445371373024371513
Quality assurance/quality control
1445634---1445634
Supervision--first line or direct
243123772--24112377

Procurement, logistics, distribution

         
Buying
371091--36109
Distribution
7744231879593714
Packing
694514511644413
Receiving
885119---885119
Shipping
172733518811546534
Transporting
985438362318623120
Warehousing
12068341911121015722

General management and firm infrastructure

         
Administrative and clerical support
606186143312214575164129
General management
303145951712528613390

Human resource management

         
Human resources, including recruiting
17788572221758655
Payroll and compensation
5032231-4493219
Training
1116812210146

Marketing, sales, customer accounts

         
Advertising
131565318125
Billing
281613--1281612
Marketing
532515441492114
Order processing
56381623-543516
Selling
1519063916442602621
Telemarketing
12109856453

Customer and after-sales service

         
Call center activities
392228251217141011
Customer service
13981661511111247055
Installing products
1812641214114
Technical support
432315311402214

Technology and process development

         
Computer systems development
15793261253
Computer systems maintenance
1989-211968
Data processing
1610822-1488
Internet web services
53421-324
Software development and testing
1378443935
Software and IT services
642221963551618

Other business functions

501420226142886

Other

         
Events with nonstandard functions reported
20766581504542572116
Refusal (4)
4--4-----
Does not know (5)
3710837108---

Footnotes:
(1) Business functions reported in this table were the most frequently cited functions in 2007. Functions are grouped by business process without regard to the industry of the establishment. Therefore, the process "operations" does not appear.
(2) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
(3) Data collection for this business function began with first quarter 2010 data.
(4) Excludes events in which the employer refused to participate in any part of the employer interview.
(5) Excludes events in which contact with the employer was not possible.
(r) = revised.
(p) = preliminary.

NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 

Last Modified Date: August 20, 2010