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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
III
2011
II
2012 (r)
III
2012 (p)
III
2011
II
2012 (r)
III
2012 (p)
III
2011
II
2012 (r)
III
2012 (p)
Total (2)
1,8721,9581,3738368685391,0361,090834

Producing goods/providing services

         
Construction activities
19822611818821511210116
Producing goods
1561151081299895271713
Providing services
958268403523554745
Accounting services
312530224292326
Contracted services
1481458112112869271712
Engineering services
3133261275192621
Entertainment services
899153878246297
Facility maintenance services
40473711167293130
Financial management
1716931314156
Financial services
22151216116646
Food and cafeteria services
353222191912161310
Gaming services
342131211
Health care services
332814312212262
Housekeeping services
101031--9103
Lodging services
56144112-
Maintaining and repairing products
232315635172010
Security services
8155361594
Assembling products
3526321498211724
Fabricating
182222121514678
Quality assurance/quality control
3950371-1385036
Supervision--first line or direct
699249-1-699149

Procurement, logistics, distribution

         
Buying
7189-1-7179
Distribution
463127744392723
Packing
282227532231925
Receiving
182015---182015
Shipping
383635122373433
Transporting
41252113111228149
Warehousing
342934995252029

General management and firm infrastructure

         
Administrative and clerical support
12693781113141158064
General management
103102671671029660

Human resource management

         
Human resources, including recruiting
45655521-436455
Payroll and compensation
212116675151411
Training
813102316109

Marketing, sales, customer accounts

         
Advertising
582221361
Billing
678---678
Marketing
15211213-141812
Order processing
302719312272617
Selling
376537234418142119
Telemarketing
67453414-

Customer and after-sales service

         
Call center activities
1124125208644
Customer service
51996311164408359
Installing products
41410-224128
Technical support
1526191-1142618

Technology and process development

         
Computer systems development
47225-222
Computer systems maintenance
6123-1-6113
Data processing
1027---1027
Internet web services
52-1--42-
Software development and testing
47324-233
Software and IT services
1619824114157

Other business functions

273326202621775

Other

         
Events with nonstandard functions reported
28534519232193024
Refusal (3)
11-11----
Does not know (4)
762762---

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.