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Mass Layoff Statistics

Selected business functions involved in nonseasonal extended mass layoff events, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

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)TotalMainSecondary
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)
2,5631,8971,9261,0208647621,5431,0331,164

Producing goods/providing services

         
Construction activities
305330237291310221142016
Producing goods
263168172251145147122325
Providing services
848989525234323755
Accounting services
462638243442235
Contracted services
809868506440303428
Engineering services
5230271388392219
Entertainment services
173332162729163
Facility maintenance services
7541448139672835
Financial management
19121335216711
Financial services
18201991213986
Food and cafeteria services
384430192610191820
Gaming services
71556141114
Health care services
222724202419235
Housekeeping services
171415211151314
Lodging services
13981067331
Maintaining and repairing products
13232044391917
Security services
14108744764
Assembling products
4143411268293733
Fabricating
45342530241815107
Quality assurance/quality control
564536-11564435
Supervision--first line or direct
1236877---1236877

Procurement, logistics, distribution

         
Buying
10915---10915
Distribution
4433437410372933
Packing
451926127441719
Receiving
511924-1-511824
Shipping
733448859652939
Transporting
542732231015311717
Warehousing
684349111116573233

General management and firm infrastructure

         
Administrative and clerical support
186120122221816164102106
General management
14581110121613380104

Human resource management

         
Human resources, including recruiting
885758241865357
Payroll and compensation
321926-15321821
Training
1661221114511

Marketing, sales, customer accounts

         
Advertising
15673121255
Billing
1678---1678
Marketing
251124413211021
Order processing
382527311352426
Selling
904168642350261818
Telemarketing
1079534545

Customer and after-sales service

         
Call center activities
221021124141067
Customer service
8152731137704966
Installing products
1213151-1111314
Technical support
2316161-2221614

Technology and process development

         
Computer systems development
733212521
Computer systems maintenance
89321-683
Data processing
10811222869
Internet web services
3281-1227
Software development and testing
782421361
Software and IT services
221318612161216

Other business functions

14202061368714

Other

         
Events with nonstandard functions reported
663840452028211812
Refusal (3)
-21-21---
Does not know (4)
10661066---

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