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Mass Layoff Statistics

Selected business functions involved in nonseasonal extended mass layoff events, selected quarters, 2011 and 2012

Table 1. Selected business functions involved in nonseasonal extended mass layoff events, selected quarters, 2011 and 2012(Number of reports)
Selected business functions by business process (1)TotalMainSecondary
II
2011
I
2012 (r)
II
2012 (p)
II
2011
I
2012 (r)
II
2012 (p)
II
2011
I
2012 (r)
II
2012 (p)
Total (2)
1,8481,7671,6517437296591,1051,038992

Producing goods/providing services

         
Construction activities
207185187197173177101210
Producing goods
16313610013111484322216
Providing services
1028482432434596048
Accounting services
262021151251520
Contracted services
7710686438372342314
Engineering services
4229301167312323
Entertainment services
3473583169463412
Facility maintenance services
5045448513424031
Financial management
12121522-101015
Financial services
2716122199673
Food and cafeteria services
363731172417191314
Gaming services
924923--1
Health care services
252324211919445
Housekeeping services
1013911-9129
Lodging services
3113161252
Maintaining and repairing products
21112253316819
Security services
91010212798
Assembling products
3630251479222316
Fabricating
37341919121318226
Quality assurance/quality control
42474411-414644
Supervision--first line or direct
7981781-1788177

Procurement, logistics, distribution

         
Buying
7416--17415
Distribution
324329593273426
Packing
252518212232416
Receiving
202318---202318
Shipping
333732441293331
Transporting
222120758151612
Warehousing
38422612106263220

General management and firm infrastructure

         
Administrative and clerical support
1079483131412948071
General management
122100804421189678

Human resource management

         
Human resources, including recruiting
423863511373762
Payroll and compensation
2219215210171711
Training
9812133859

Marketing, sales, customer accounts

         
Advertising
373-21352
Billing
946---946
Marketing
131519223111316
Order processing
272025311241924
Selling
626759424338202421
Telemarketing
356243113

Customer and after-sales service

         
Call center activities
181717111114763
Customer service
768695121412647283
Installing products
126112221049
Technical support
2711244--231124

Technology and process development

         
Computer systems development
665313352
Computer systems maintenance
3411-113310
Data processing
653-1-643
Internet web services
22311-113
Software development and testing
765242523
Software and IT services
152416284131612

Other business functions

3323212015151386

Other

         
Events with nonstandard functions reported
524336342915181421
Refusal (3)
111111---
Does not know (4)
662662---

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.
(p) = preliminary.
(r) = revised.

NOTE: Dash represents zero.