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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, 2010 and 2011(Number of reports)
Selected business functions by business process (1) Total Main Secondary
I
2010		 IV
2010(r)		 I
2011(p)		 I
2010		 IV
2010(r)		 I
2011(p)		 I
2010		 IV
2010(r)		 I
2011(p)
Total (2)
 2,563 1,897 1,926 1,020 864 762 1,543 1,033 1,164

Producing goods/providing services

                  
Construction activities
 305 330 237 291 310 221 14 20 16
Producing goods
 263 168 172 251 145 147 12 23 25
Providing services
 84 89 89 52 52 34 32 37 55
Accounting services
 46 26 38 2 4 3 44 22 35
Contracted services
 80 98 68 50 64 40 30 34 28
Engineering services
 52 30 27 13 8 8 39 22 19
Entertainment services
 17 33 32 16 27 29 1 6 3
Facility maintenance services
 75 41 44 8 13 9 67 28 35
Financial management
 19 12 13 3 5 2 16 7 11
Financial services
 18 20 19 9 12 13 9 8 6
Food and cafeteria services
 38 44 30 19 26 10 19 18 20
Gaming services
 7 15 5 6 14 1 1 1 4
Health care services
 22 27 24 20 24 19 2 3 5
Housekeeping services
 17 14 15 2 1 1 15 13 14
Lodging services
 13 9 8 10 6 7 3 3 1
Maintaining and repairing products
 13 23 20 4 4 3 9 19 17
Security services
 14 10 8 7 4 4 7 6 4
Assembling products
 41 43 41 12 6 8 29 37 33
Fabricating
 45 34 25 30 24 18 15 10 7
Quality assurance/quality control
 56 45 36 - 1 1 56 44 35
Supervision--first line or direct
 123 68 77 - - - 123 68 77

Procurement, logistics, distribution

                  
Buying
 10 9 15 - - - 10 9 15
Distribution
 44 33 43 7 4 10 37 29 33
Packing
 45 19 26 1 2 7 44 17 19
Receiving
 51 19 24 - 1 - 51 18 24
Shipping
 73 34 48 8 5 9 65 29 39
Transporting
 54 27 32 23 10 15 31 17 17
Warehousing
 68 43 49 11 11 16 57 32 33

General management and firm infrastructure

                  
Administrative and clerical support
 186 120 122 22 18 16 164 102 106
General management
 145 81 110 12 1 6 133 80 104

Human resource management

                  
Human resources, including recruiting
 88 57 58 2 4 1 86 53 57
Payroll and compensation
 32 19 26 - 1 5 32 18 21
Training
 16 6 12 2 1 1 14 5 11

Marketing, sales, customer accounts

                  
Advertising
 15 6 7 3 1 2 12 5 5
Billing
 16 7 8 - - - 16 7 8
Marketing
 25 11 24 4 1 3 21 10 21
Order processing
 38 25 27 3 1 1 35 24 26
Selling
 90 41 68 64 23 50 26 18 18
Telemarketing
 10 7 9 5 3 4 5 4 5

Customer and after-sales service

                  
Call center activities
 22 10 21 12 4 14 10 6 7
Customer service
 81 52 73 11 3 7 70 49 66
Installing products
 12 13 15 1 - 1 11 13 14
Technical support
 23 16 16 1 - 2 22 16 14

Technology and process development

                  
Computer systems development
 7 3 3 2 1 2 5 2 1
Computer systems maintenance
 8 9 3 2 1 - 6 8 3
Data processing
 10 8 11 2 2 2 8 6 9
Internet web services
 3 2 8 1 - 1 2 2 7
Software development and testing
 7 8 2 4 2 1 3 6 1
Software and IT services
 22 13 18 6 1 2 16 12 16

Other business functions

 14 20 20 6 13 6 8 7 14

Other

                  
Events with nonstandard functions reported
 66 38 40 45 20 28 21 18 12
Refusal (3)
 - 2 1 - 2 1 - - -
Does not know (4)
 10 6 6 10 6 6 - - -

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) Excludes events in which the employer refused to participate in any part of the employer interview.
(4) Excludes events in which contact with the employer was not possible.
(r) = revised.
(p) = preliminary.

NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 

Last Modified Date: June 1, 2011