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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
IV
2011
III
2012 (r)
IV
2012 (p)
IV
2011
III
2012 (r)
IV
2012 (p)
IV
2011
III
2012 (r)
IV
2012 (p)
Total (2)
1,7961,6102,1358076616969899491,439

Producing goods/providing services

         
Construction activities
2361412052271351849621
Producing goods
175125160146110128291532
Providing services
877485222620654865
Accounting services
303722361273121
Contracted services
1291061411029287271454
Engineering services
4429481057342441
Entertainment services
827854807147277
Facility maintenance services
4740639712383351
Financial management
17101223-15712
Financial services
1616101385385
Food and cafeteria services
312936151616161320
Gaming services
334323-11
Health care services
181620161416224
Housekeeping services
84211-27419
Lodging services
81157141-11
Maintaining and repairing products
171745365141140
Security services
978225753
Assembling products
49374615109342737
Fabricating
342538181511161027
Quality assurance/quality control
214384-1-214284
Supervision--first line or direct
655870---655870

Procurement, logistics, distribution

         
Buying
111014---111014
Distribution
322939535272634
Packing
242933-22242731
Receiving
181522---181522
Shipping
233941121223740
Transporting
212446101313111133
Warehousing
334062694273158

General management and firm infrastructure

         
Administrative and clerical support
869189121613747576
General management
84778038-816980

Human resource management

         
Human resources, including recruiting
4360884-2396086
Payroll and compensation
191718853111215
Training
11101511210913

Marketing, sales, customer accounts

         
Advertising
426111315
Billing
598---598
Marketing
2114262-2191424
Order processing
122335-22122133
Selling
484378242134242244
Telemarketing
2512-45217

Customer and after-sales service

         
Call center activities
111412896356
Customer service
596994558546486
Installing products
18103122-16831
Technical support
22202611-211926

Technology and process development

         
Computer systems development
356112244
Computer systems maintenance
3641--264
Data processing
694---694
Internet web services
214---214
Software development and testing
7361-3633
Software and IT services
14101421212912

Other business functions

28303515252413511

Other

         
Events with nonstandard functions reported
445580252953192627
Refusal (3)
-2--2----
Does not know (4)
723723---

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.