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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
II
2010		 I
2011(r)		 II
2011(p)		 II
2010		 I
2011(r)		 II
2011(p)		 II
2010		 I
2011(r)		 II
2011(p)
Total (2)
 1,941 2,008 1,753 864 806 694 1,077 1,202 1,059

Producing goods/providing services

                  
Construction activities
 263 243 197 252 226 188 11 17 9
Producing goods
 176 177 154 162 150 122 14 27 32
Providing services
 62 104 94 37 47 35 25 57 59
Accounting services
 30 39 25 - 3 1 30 36 24
Contracted services
 68 71 79 46 42 43 22 29 36
Engineering services
 29 28 40 10 9 9 19 19 31
Entertainment services
 21 33 33 18 30 30 3 3 3
Facility maintenance services
 48 42 47 13 7 7 35 35 40
Financial management
 14 14 12 - 2 2 14 12 10
Financial services
 32 19 26 24 13 20 8 6 6
Food and cafeteria services
 30 30 35 18 10 15 12 20 20
Gaming services
 4 5 9 2 1 9 2 4 -
Health care services
 30 24 22 25 19 18 5 5 4
Housekeeping services
 13 15 9 1 1 1 12 14 8
Lodging services
 11 8 3 10 7 1 1 1 2
Maintaining and repairing products
 21 20 19 7 5 5 14 15 14
Security services
 16 8 9 9 4 2 7 4 7
Assembling products
 34 43 34 10 9 14 24 34 20
Fabricating
 39 28 37 26 20 20 13 8 17
Quality assurance/quality control
 36 37 36 - 1 - 36 36 36
Supervision--first line or direct
 84 82 74 - - 1 84 82 73

Procurement, logistics, distribution

                  
Buying
 9 15 7 1 - - 8 15 7
Distribution
 25 45 32 9 10 5 16 35 27
Packing
 14 29 24 1 8 2 13 21 22
Receiving
 20 24 19 - - - 20 24 19
Shipping
 38 50 32 1 11 3 37 39 29
Transporting
 41 31 22 18 13 6 23 18 16
Warehousing
 37 51 36 13 17 12 24 34 24

General management and firm infrastructure

                  
Administrative and clerical support
 161 128 101 16 16 12 145 112 89
General management
 106 117 115 6 7 4 100 110 111

Human resource management

                  
Human resources, including recruiting
 60 60 43 2 1 5 58 59 38
Payroll and compensation
 24 26 21 4 5 5 20 21 16
Training
 9 12 10 2 1 - 7 11 10

Marketing, sales, customer accounts

                  
Advertising
 6 7 3 1 2 - 5 5 3
Billing
 13 8 8 1 - - 12 8 8
Marketing
 15 25 11 1 3 1 14 22 10
Order processing
 17 27 26 - 1 3 17 26 23
Selling
 66 71 57 44 53 40 22 18 17
Telemarketing
 10 10 3 7 5 2 3 5 1

Customer and after-sales service

                  
Call center activities
 32 24 16 21 16 10 11 8 6
Customer service
 70 79 71 12 13 12 58 66 59
Installing products
 6 15 12 2 1 2 4 14 10
Technical support
 16 16 24 1 2 4 15 14 20

Technology and process development

                  
Computer systems development
 9 3 6 6 2 3 3 1 3
Computer systems maintenance
 9 3 2 1 - - 8 3 2
Data processing
 8 12 5 - 2 - 8 10 5
Internet web services
 4 8 1 - 1 - 4 7 1
Software development and testing
 8 2 6 3 1 1 5 1 5
Software and IT services
 21 19 15 3 2 2 18 17 13

Other business functions

 26 21 31 18 7 17 8 14 14

Other

                  
Events with nonstandard functions reported
 58 40 48 42 28 30 16 12 18
Refusal (3)
 - 1 1 - 1 1 - - -
Does not know (4)
 9 6 5 9 6 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) 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: August 17, 2011