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Mass Layoff Statistics

Selected business functions involved in nonseasonal extended mass layoff events, selected quarters, 2012 and 2013

Table 1. Selected business functions involved in nonseasonal extended mass layoff events, selected quarters, 2012 and 2013(Number of reports)
Selected business functions by business process (1)TotalMainSecondary
I
2012 (r)
IV
2012 (r)
I
2013 (p)
I
2012 (r)
IV
2012 (r)
I
2013 (p)
I
2012 (r)
IV
2012 (r)
I
2013 (p)
Total (2)
1,7782,5411,2057329084961,0461,633709

Producing goods/providing services

         
Construction activities
18527410617325010012246
Producing goods
1361799511414484223511
Providing services
879346242319637027
Accounting services
20281653-152516
Contracted services
106179738312156235817
Engineering services
295422675234717
Entertainment services
7310052699347475
Facility maintenance services
4573345134406030
Financial management
121542--10154
Financial services
171441082762
Food and cafeteria services
374422242011132411
Gaming services
253232-21
Health care services
242719202217452
Housekeeping services
13221112612205
Lodging services
111776635114
Maintaining and repairing products
11521435184713
Security services
101013154959
Assembling products
30523471214234020
Fabricating
344327121217223110
Quality assurance/quality control
4796391--469639
Supervision--first line or direct
818852-1-818752

Procurement, logistics, distribution

         
Buying
4156---4156
Distribution
434018955343513
Packing
25341312-243213
Receiving
232315---232315
Shipping
374423422334221
Transporting
2150185167163411
Warehousing
4268341066326228

General management and firm infrastructure

         
Administrative and clerical support
9410668141515809153
General management
100100684-29610066

Human resource management

         
Human resources, including recruiting
409637122399435
Payroll and compensation
202212331171911
Training
817433-5144

Marketing, sales, customer accounts

         
Advertising
765211554
Billing
495---495
Marketing
152814222132612
Order processing
2039812-19378
Selling
688539433925254614
Telemarketing
5134453181

Customer and after-sales service

         
Call center activities
17141311710673
Customer service
88104511487749644
Installing products
63752114364
Technical support
112913---112913

Technology and process development

         
Computer systems development
67-12-55-
Computer systems maintenance
4611-136-
Data processing
5441-1443
Internet web services
26-1--16-
Software development and testing
68143-251
Software and IT services
242313863161710

Other business functions

23432015281081510

Other

         
Events with nonstandard functions reported
439627295711143916
Refusal (3)
11-11----
Does not know (4)
662662---

(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.