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Mass Layoff Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics > Mass Layoff Statistics > Data
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) Total Main Secondary
IV
2009(r)		 III
2010(r)		 IV
2010(p)		 IV
2009(r)		 III
2010(r)		 IV
2010(p)		 IV
2009(r)		 III
2010(r)		 IV
2010(p)
Total (2)
 2,888 1,687 1,841 1,077 688 834 1,811 999 1,007

Producing goods/providing services

                  
Construction activities
 375 205 327 353 189 307 22 16 20
Producing goods
 320 155 159 296 136 137 24 19 22
Providing services
 67 70 86 34 46 49 33 24 37
Accounting services
 64 32 24 4 - 3 60 32 21
Contracted services
 105 68 100 71 40 67 34 28 33
Engineering services
 54 18 29 13 3 7 41 15 22
Entertainment services
 16 37 32 14 32 26 2 5 6
Facility maintenance services
 94 41 39 7 7 11 87 34 28
Financial management
 13 15 12 1 - 4 12 15 8
Financial services
 24 16 19 12 12 11 12 4 8
Food and cafeteria services
 35 29 43 11 16 26 24 13 17
Gaming services
 (3) 6 15 (3) 5 14 (3) 1 1
Health care services
 20 28 25 15 24 22 5 4 3
Housekeeping services
 22 8 14 5 - 1 17 8 13
Lodging services
 19 9 9 9 6 6 10 3 3
Maintaining and repairing products
 31 17 22 9 4 4 22 13 18
Security services
 17 8 10 9 4 4 8 4 6
Assembling products
 65 39 42 17 11 6 48 28 36
Fabricating
 56 25 33 36 11 23 20 14 10
Quality assurance/quality control
 73 41 44 - - 1 73 41 43
Supervision--first line or direct
 126 70 67 - - - 126 70 67

Procurement, logistics, distribution

                  
Buying
 18 11 9 1 2 - 17 9 9
Distribution
 46 34 32 9 5 4 37 29 28
Packing
 27 23 19 3 5 2 24 18 17
Receiving
 30 17 19 1 - 1 29 17 18
Shipping
 79 36 31 6 3 2 73 33 29
Transporting
 62 41 28 21 13 11 41 28 17
Warehousing
 71 38 41 15 5 10 56 33 31

General management and firm infrastructure

                  
Administrative and clerical support
 276 123 116 16 16 18 260 107 98
General management
 151 86 81 4 8 1 147 78 80

Human resource management

                  
Human resources, including recruiting
 98 51 54 - 2 4 98 49 50
Payroll and compensation
 28 22 19 - 2 1 28 20 18
Training
 8 8 6 2 5 1 6 3 5

Marketing, sales, customer accounts

                  
Advertising
 9 7 5 2 - - 7 7 5
Billing
 17 11 7 - - - 17 11 7
Marketing
 27 19 10 - 2 1 27 17 9
Order processing
 32 17 24 2 - 1 30 17 23
Selling
 70 33 37 31 16 20 39 17 17
Telemarketing
 4 3 6 3 1 2 1 2 4

Customer and after-sales service

                  
Call center activities
 30 23 8 19 16 3 11 7 5
Customer service
 81 57 49 9 15 4 72 42 45
Installing products
 18 9 13 3 - - 15 9 13
Technical support
 29 11 16 3 - - 26 11 16

Technology and process development

                  
Computer systems development
 11 7 3 2 5 1 9 2 2
Computer systems maintenance
 10 6 8 - - 1 10 6 7
Data processing
 10 9 7 - 2 1 10 7 6
Internet web services
 3 3 2 1 - - 2 3 2
Software development and testing
 7 4 8 4 - 2 3 4 6
Software and IT services
 29 18 12 2 3 1 27 15 11

Other business functions

 11 23 20 2 16 13 9 7 7

Other

                  
Events with nonstandard functions reported
 94 52 36 65 30 19 29 22 17
Refusal (4)
 8 - 1 8 - 1 - - -
Does not know (5)
 17 3 5 17 3 5 - - -

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: February 23, 2011