Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 05-1515 http://www.bls.gov/mls/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT Media contact: 691-5902 Thursday, August 11, 2005 EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2005 In the second quarter of 2005, 1,056 mass layoff actions were taken by employers that resulted in the separation of 211,009 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to preliminary figures re- leased by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both the total number of layoff events and the number of separations were sharply lower than in April-June 2004. Both figures were at their lowest levels for any second quarter since 2000. (See table A.) The declines over the year were most notable in administrative and support services, transit and ground passenger transportation, and food manu- facturing. Extended mass layoffs that involve the movement of work with- in the same company or to a different company, domestically or outside the U.S., occurred in 11 percent of the nonseasonal layoff events and worker separations. (See table B.) Among employers who anticipated recalling laid-off workers, 49 percent expected to extend the offer to all laid-off workers. This is a lower proportion than a year earlier. The completion of seasonal work accounted for 41 percent of all events and resulted in 111,931 separations during the period--the highest share and second highest level of private nonfarm seasonal separations for any second quarter since the program began in the second quarter of 1995. Lay- offs due to internal company restructuring (bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) represented 14 percent of events and resulted in 25,927 separations, the lowest level for any second quarter. Permanent closure of worksites occurred in 10 percent of all events and affected 20,565 workers, the fewest number of separations due to perma- nent closures for any second quarter. In the second quarter of 2005, the national unemployment rate was 5.0 per- cent, not seasonally adjusted; a year earlier it was 5.5 percent. Private nonfarm payroll employment, not seasonally adjusted, increased by 1.8 percent or about 2 million jobs from April-June 2004 to April-June 2005. Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs Extended mass layoff separations occurred in 300 of the 1,105 detailed industries for which data are available for the second quarter of 2005. This is the fewest number of industries to have at least one extended mass layoff event in a second quarter. Manufacturing industries accounted for 22 percent of private nonfarm layoff events and 18 percent of separations during April-June 2005. (See table 1.) The 37,075 worker separations in manufacturing were the fewest for manufacturing for any second quarter. In the second quarter of 2005, separations in this sector were concentrated in transportation equipment manufacturing (9,534), followed by food manufacturing (6,964). - 2 - Table A. Selected measures of extended mass layoff activity --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Period | Layoff events| Separations | Initial claimants -------------------------|--------------|--------------|------------------- 2001 | | | January-March............| 1,546 | 304,171 | 306,535 April-June...............| 1,828 | 430,499 | 358,611 July-September...........| 1,629 | 330,391 | 336,298 October-December.........| 2,372 | 459,771 | 456,068 2002 | | | January-March............| 1,611 | 299,266 | 292,998 April-June...............| 1,624 | 344,606 | 299,598 July-September...........| 1,186 | 255,152 | 254,955 October-December.........| 1,916 | 373,307 | 370,592 2003 | | | January-March............| 1,502 | 286,947 | 297,608 April-June...............| 1,799 | 368,273 | 348,966 July-September...........| 1,190 | 236,333 | 227,909 October-December.........| 1,690 | 325,333 | 326,328 2004 | | | January-March............| 1,339 | 276,503 | 238,392 April-June(r)............| 1,358 | 278,831 | 254,063 July-September(r)........| 886 | 164,598 | 148,549 October-December(r)......| 1,427 | 273,967 | 262,049 2005 | | | January-March(r).........| 1,144 | 188,397 | 186,030 April-June(p)............| 1,056 | 211,009 | 150,140 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- r = revised. p = preliminary. The accommodation and food services sector had 10 percent of events and 13 percent of separations, mostly in food service contractors. Layoffs in the professional and technical services sector comprised 5 percent of events and 12 percent of separations, mostly among tax preparation services. Trans- portation and warehousing accounted for 11 percent of private nonfarm layoff events and 12 percent of separations, primarily in school and employee bus transportation. Cutbacks in arts, entertainment, and recreation accounted for 3 percent of events and 10 percent of separations, mainly in skiing facilities. Information technology-producing industries (communication equipment, communications services, computer hardware, and software and computer services) accounted for 4 percent of layoff events and 6,211 worker sep- arations in the second quarter of 2005, the fewest number of separations in the industry grouping for a second quarter since 1995. (See table 6.) In the second quarter of 2004, these industries accounted for 4 percent of layoff events and 11,830 separations. Layoffs in the information techno- logy-producing industries in the second quarter of 2005 were most numerous in computer hardware with 1,811 separations, followed by communication services. - 3 - Table B. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, second quarter 2005p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Action | Layoff events | Separations | | ----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------- | | Total private nonfarm............| 1,056 | 211,009 | | Total, excluding seasonal | | and vacation events(1).......| 550 | 86,368 | | Total events with move- | | ment of work(2).............| 62 | 9,720 | | | | Movement of work actions....| 84 | (3) With separations reported..| 66 | 7,736 With separations unknown...| 18 | (3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. 2 A layoff event can involve more than one action. 3 Data not available. p = preliminary. Reasons for Extended Layoff Layoffs due to the completion of seasonal work accounted for 41 percent of the extended layoff events and resulted in 111,931 separations in the second quarter, over half of the total separations. (See table 2.) Sea- sonal layoffs were most numerous among workers in professional and technical services, in amusement, gambling, and recreation, and in food services and drinking places. Contract completion accounted for 18 percent of events and resulted in 26,703 separations during the second quarter. These layoffs were primarily in administrative and support services, followed by specialty trade contractors and building construction. Internal company restructuring (due to bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 14 percent of layoff events and resulted in 25,927 separations. These layoffs were mostly among workers in computer and electronic product manufacturing, in transportation equipment manufacturing, and in credit intermediation and related activities. Over half of both the internal company restructuring layoff events and separations were due to reorganization within the company. Movement of Work Between April and June of 2005, 62 extended mass layoff events involved the movement of work; this was about 11 percent of total extended mass lay- off events, excluding those for seasonal and vacation reasons. (See table B.) These movements of work were to other U.S. locations or to locations outside of the U.S., and they occurred either within the same company or to other companies. The extended mass layoff events involving movement of work were associated with the separation of 9,720 workers, about 11 percent of all sep- arations resulting from nonseasonal/nonvacation mass layoff events. A year earlier, there were 86 layoff events and 16,240 separations associated with the movement of work. (See table 10.) Among the 62 extended mass layoff events with reported relocation of work, 56 percent were permanent closures of worksites, which affected 5,476 workers. In comparison, for the 1,056 total layoff events reported for the second quarter of 2005, only 10 percent involved the permanent closure of worksites. Of the layoffs involving the movement of work, 65 percent of the events and 58 percent of the laid-off workers were from manufacturing industries during the second quarter of 2005. (See table 7.) Among all private nonfarm extended layoffs, manufacturing accounted for 22 percent of the events and 18 percent of the separations. - 4 - Table C. Movement of work actions by type of separation where the number of separations is known by employers, second quarter 2005p -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Action | Layoff events (1) | Separations | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | With separations reported.| 66 | 7,736 | | By location | | | | Out of country..........| 26 | 2,582 Within company........| 19 | 1,938 Different company.....| 7 | 644 | | Domestic relocations....| 37 | 4,560 Within company........| 31 | 3,907 Different company.....| 6 | 653 | | Unable to assign place | | of relocation..........| 3 | 594 | | By company | | | | Within company..........| 53 | 6,439 Domestic..............| 31 | 3,907 Out of country........| 19 | 1,938 Unable to assign......| 3 | 594 | | Different company.......| 13 | 1,297 Domestic..............| 6 | 653 Out of country........| 7 | 644 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work were reported are shown. p = preliminary. Internal company restructuring (bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 77 percent of layoff events associated with work relocation and resulted in 7,886 separations dur- ing the second quarter. (See table 8.) Most of these were due to reorgani- zation within the company. Only 14 percent of the layoff events in the total private nonfarm economy were because of internal company restructuring. Among the regions, the Midwest and the Northeast each accounted for the largest proportion of workers in extended mass layoffs associated with the movement of work in the second quarter of 2005 (26 percent each), followed by the West (25 percent), and the South (22 percent). As noted in table B, the 62 extended layoff events for the second quarter of 2005 discussed above involve 84 identifiable relocations of work. An identifiable relocation of work occurs when the employer pro- vides sufficient information on the new location of work and/or the number of workers affected by the movement. Some extended mass layoff events involve more than one relocation of work action. For example, an extended mass layoff event at an establishment may involve job loss due to movement of work to both another domestic location of the company and a location out of the country. This would be counted as two movement of work actions. Of the 84 relocations, employers were able to provide information on the speci- fic separations (7,736 workers) associated with the movement of work compo- nent of the layoff in 66 actions, or 79 percent of the total actions for the second quarter of 2005. Thus, a range of 7,736 (separations in move- ment of work actions where the employer was able to provide specific detail) to 9,720 (total separations in all layoff events that included movement of work) is established for separations due to the movement of work in the se- cond quarter. (See table 10.) - 5 - Table D. Summary of employer expectations of a recall from extended layoff, second quarter 2004-second quarter 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------- | Percentage of events Nature of the recall|----------------------------------------- | II | III | IV | I | II | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2005r | 2005p ---------------------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------- | | | | | Anticipate a recall..| 55.2 | 41.1 | 64.2 | 51.4 | 63.6 | | | | | Timeframe | | | | | | | | | | Within 6 months......| 84.6 | 84.1 | 84.8 | 85.5 | 88.4 Within 3 months....| 55.5 | 66.8 | 33.1 | 53.4 | 57.7 | | | | | Size | | | | | | | | | | At least half........| 91.3 | 86.0 | 92.9 | 92.5 | 92.3 All workers........| 52.3 | 46.7 | 49.8 | 43.2 | 49.3 --------------------------------------------------------------- r = revised. p = preliminary. In the 66 actions where employers were able to provide more complete separations information, 80 percent of relocations (53 out of 66) occurred among establishments within the same company. (See table C.) In 58 percent of these relocations, the work activities were reassigned to places elsewhere in the U.S. Almost 40 percent of the movement-of-work relocations involved out-of- country moves (26 out of 66). The separation of 2,582 workers was associated with out-of-country relocations, about 3 percent of all nonseasonal/nonvaca- tion extended mass layoff separations. Domestic relocation of work--both within the company and to other companies--affected 4,560 workers. (See table 11.) Recall Expectations Sixty-four percent of employers reporting an extended layoff in the second quarter of 2005 indicated they anticipated some type of recall. This compares with 55 percent of the employers anticipating a recall a year earlier and is the highest such proportion for a second quarter since 1998. (See table D.) Among establishments expecting a recall, most employers expected to recall over one-half of the separated employees and to do so within 6 months. Forty- nine percent of the employers expected to extend the offer to all laid-off workers. Excluding layoff events due to seasonal work and vacation period (in which 98 percent of the employers expected a recall), employers expected to recall laid-off workers in 32 percent of the events. A year earlier 26 percent of employers expected a recall in nonseasonal and nonvacation events. In layoff events due to internal company restructuring, employers anticipated a recall in only 3 percent of the events. - 6 - Table E. Distribution of extended layoff events by size of layoff, April-June 2005p ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Layoff events | Separations Size |------------------------|------------------------ | Number | Percent | Number | Percent -----------------|-----------|------------|----------|------------- Total........| 1,056 | 100.0 | 211,009 | 100.0 | | | | 50-99............| 408 | 38.6 | 29,071 | 13.8 100-149..........| 244 | 23.1 | 28,420 | 13.5 150-199..........| 134 | 12.7 | 22,415 | 10.6 200-299..........| 125 | 11.8 | 28,866 | 13.7 300-499..........| 76 | 7.2 | 27,416 | 13.0 500-999..........| 49 | 4.6 | 31,382 | 14.9 1,000 or more....| 20 | 1.9 | 43,439 | 20.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- p = preliminary. Size of Extended Layoff Layoff events during the second quarter continued to be concentrated at the lower end of the extended layoff-size spectrum, with 62 percent involving fewer than 150 workers. These events, however, accounted for only 27 percent of all separations. (See table E.) Separations involving 500 or more workers accounted for 35 percent of all separations, up from 33 percent in April-June 2004. The average size of layoffs (as measured by separations per layoff event) differed widely by industry, ranging from a low of 63 separations in paper manufacturing to a high of 1,041 in amusements, gambling, and recrea- tion. Initial Claimant Characteristics A total of 150,140 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with extended mass layoffs in the second quarter of 2005. Of these claimants, 17 percent were black, 13 percent were Hispanic, 55 per- cent were women, 35 percent were 30 to 44 years of age, and 21 percent were 55 years of age or older. (See table 3.) Among persons in the civilian labor force for the same period, 11 percent were black, 13 per_ cent were Hispanic, 46 percent were women, 35 percent were age 30 to 44, and 16 percent were 55 years of age or older. Geographic Distribution In the second quarter, the number of separations due to extended mass layoff events was highest in the Midwest (69,280), followed by the West (57,673), the Northeast (45,760), and the South (38,296). (See table 4.) Extended mass layoffs in the Midwest were mainly in transit and ground passenger transportation, food services and drinking places, and profes- sional and technical services. All four regions reported over-the-year decreases in separations, with the largest decrease occurring in the South (-29,265), followed by the West (-15,386), the Northeast (-13,632), and the Midwest (-9,539). Eight of the nine geographic divisions reported over-the-year declines in laid-off workers, with the largest declines occurring in the South Atlantic (-22,471), Pacific (-17,929), and the Middle Atlantic (-8,753) divisions. The Mountain division reported the only increase in separations (+2,543). - 7 - Table F. Mass layoff events and separations, selected metropolitan areas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Events | Separations Metropolitan area |---------------|------------------ | II | II | II | II | 2004 | 2005p | 2004 | 2005p -------------------------------------------|-------|------ |---------|-------- Total, nonmetropolitan areas...............| 176 | 139 | 33,885 | 25,545 | | | | Total, 367 metropolitan areas..............| 766 | 564 | 133,341 | 91,443 | | | | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.- | | | | Wis. .................................| 49 | 40 | 11,561 | 9,236 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.| 35 | 36 | 5,227 | 7,518 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long | | | | Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. ................| 62 | 39 | 12,594 | 7,276 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. | 18 | 14 | 4,145 | 3,366 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. ..........| 22 | 26 | 2,732 | 3,065 Salt Lake City, Utah....................| 3 | 5 | 2,300 | 2,620 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, | | | | Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md......................| 25 | 21 | 3,432 | 2,193 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.| 13 | 7 | 4,427 | 2,139 Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, Texas.......| 20 | 18 | 2,387 | 2,133 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. .........| 14 | (1) | 2,939 | (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 = Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p = preliminary. NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in this table are defined in Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 04-03, February 18, 2004. Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the largest number of worker separations occurred in Illinois (27,990), followed by California (23,736), and New Jersey (16,069). These three states accounted for 26 percent of total layoff events and 32 percent of the separations during the second quarter of 2005. They were followed by Colorado (14,766), Florida (14,259), New York (11,707), Michigan (11,587), and Ohio (10,378). (See table 5.) After excluding the substantial impact of seasonal work, Cali- fornia reported the most laid-off workers (17,562), largely due to layoffs in social assistance and in professional and technical services. Over the year, California reported the greatest decrease in workers laid off for all reasons during the second quarter (-17,975), followed by Florida (-12,809), and New York (-7,664). The largest increases occurred in New Jersey (+3,874) and Colorado (+3,750). Fifty-three percent of events and 43 percent of separations (91,443) occurred in metropolitan areas in the second quarter of 2005, compared with 56 percent of events and 48 percent of separations (133,341) during the second quarter of 2004. Among the 367 metropolitan areas, Chicago- Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis., reported the highest number of sep- arations, 9,236. Next were Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., with 7,518 separations, and New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.- N.J.-Pa., with 7,276 separations. (See table F.) Employers located in nonmetropolitan areas separated 25,545 workers in mass layoffs, down from 33,885 workers in the second quarter of 2004. - 8 - Note The quarterly series on extended mass layoffs cover layoffs of at least 31-days duration that involve 50 or more individuals from a single establish- ment filing initial claims for unemployment insurance during a consecutive 5-week period. Approximately 30 days after a mass layoff is triggered at an establishment, the employer is contacted for additional information. Data for the second quarter are preliminary and subject to revision. This release also includes revised data for previous quarters. Data are not seasonally adjusted, but survey data suggest that there is a seasonal pattern to lay- offs. Thus, comparisons between consecutive quarters should not be used as an indicator of trend. For additional information about the program, see the Technical Note. ______________________________ The report on Mass Layoffs in July 2005 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, August 23, 2005. - 9 - Technical Note The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state program which identifies, describes, and tracks the effects of major job cutbacks, using data from each state's unemployment insurance database. Establish- ments which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during a consecutive 5-week period are contacted by the state agency to determine whether these separations are of at least 31 days duration, and, if so, information is obtained on the total number of persons separated and the reasons for these separations. Establishments are identified according to industry classification and location, and unemployment insurance claimants are identified by such demographic factors as age, race, gender, ethnic group, and place of residence. The program yields information on an individual's entire spell of unemployment, to the point when regular unemployment insurance benefits are exhausted. Definitions Establishment. A unit at a single physical location at which predomi- nantly one type of economic activity is conducted. Extended layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment during a 5-week period, with at least 50 workers separated for more than 30 days. Initial claimant. A person who files any notice of unemployment to initiate a request either for a determination of entitlement to and eligibility for compensation, or for a subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or period of eligibility. Layoff. The separation of persons from an employer as part of a mass layoff event. (See below.) Such layoffs involve both persons subject to recall and those who are terminated by the establishment. Mass layoff. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment beginning in a given month, regardless of duration. Worksite closure. The complete closure of either multi-unit or single- unit establishments or the partial closure of a multi-unit establishment where entire worksites affected by layoffs are closed or planned to be closed. - 10 - Movement of work concepts and questions Because of the employer interview component, the BLS decided to use the MLS program as a vehicle for collecting additional information on offshoring and outsourcing associated with job loss, by adding questions that address movement of work. The term "moving work" means that the company experiencing the layoff has reassigned work activities that were performed at a worksite by the company's employees (1) to another work- site within the company; (2) to another company under formal arrangements at the same worksite; or (3) to another company under formal arrangements at another worksite. The type of work activities subject to movement can include accounting, customer service, cleaning, warehousing, etc. "Overseas relocation" is the movement of work from within the U.S. to locations outside of the U.S. "Overseas relocation" can occur within the same company and involve movement of work to a different location of that company outside of the U.S., or to a different company altogether. "Domestic relocation" is the movement of work to other locations inside the U.S., either within the same company or to a different company. "Overseas relocation" and "domestic relocation" are no longer used in the same way as they were in earlier extended mass layoff news releases. There- fore, the data presented in this news release are not comparable to those that were presented in earlier news releases. Questions on movement of work and location are asked for all identified layoff events when the reason for separation is other than "seasonal work" or "vacation period." Seasonal and vacation layoff events were excluded because movement of work appears unlikely. Questions on movement of work are asked after the analyst verifies that a layoff in fact occurred and lasted more than 30 days, and obtained the total number of workers separated from jobs, the date the layoff began, and the economic reason for the layoff. If the reason for layoff is other than seasonal or vacation, the employer was asked the following: (1) "Did this layoff include your company moving work from this lo- cation(s) to a different geographic location(s) within your company?" (2) "Did this layoff include your company moving work that was performed in-house by your employees to a different company, through contractual ar- rangements?" A "yes" response to either question is followed by: "Is the location inside or outside of the U.S.?" and "How many of the layoffs were a result of this relocation?" Layoff actions are classified as "overseas relocation" if the employer responds "yes" to questions 1 and/or 2, and indicates that the location(s) was outside of the U.S. Domestic relocation is determined if the employer responds "yes" to questions 1 and/or 2 and indicates that the location(s) was within the U.S. After asking the movement of work questions, the employer interview continues and responses are obtained for questions on recall expectations and open/closed status of the worksite. - 11 - Reliability of the data The identification of establishments and layoff events in the MLS program and associated characteristics of claimants is based on admin- istrative data on covered establishments and unemployment insurance claims, and, therefore, is not subject to issues associated with sampling error. Nonsampling errors such as typographical errors may occur but are not likely to be significant. While the MLS establishments and layoff events are not subject to sampling error, and all such employers are asked the employer interview questions, the employer responses are subject to non- sampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the inability to obtain information for all respondents, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For the second quarter of 2005, outright refusal to participate in the employer interview accounted for 2.4 percent of all private nonfarm events. Although included in the total number of instances involving the movement of work, for the second quarter, employers in 18 relocations were unable to provide the number of separations specifically associated with the movement of work, 6 of which involved out-of-country moves. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. Table 1. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Industry II I II II I II II I II 2004r 2005r 2005p 2004r 2005r 2005p 2004r 2005r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ................. 1,358 1,144 1,056 278,831 188,397 211,009 254,063 186,030 150,140 Mining ....................................... ( 2 ) 12 - ( 2 ) 1,138 - ( 2 ) 1,108 - Utilities .................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 771 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 606 Construction ................................. 119 275 102 17,915 29,734 13,635 22,435 32,656 13,546 Manufacturing ................................ 302 335 237 52,255 51,052 37,075 55,334 55,973 33,303 Food .................................... 69 73 50 10,916 13,180 6,964 11,801 14,773 6,826 Beverage and tobacco products ........... ( 2 ) 6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,221 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,073 ( 2 ) Textile mills ........................... 13 8 ( 2 ) 2,089 1,531 ( 2 ) 2,044 1,391 ( 2 ) Textile product mills ................... 9 11 3 2,285 1,619 243 2,319 2,002 203 Apparel ................................. 15 11 10 2,204 1,610 945 1,836 1,396 984 Leather and allied products ............. ( 2 ) 3 - ( 2 ) 313 - ( 2 ) 265 - Wood products ........................... 7 17 6 758 2,037 690 577 2,348 645 Paper ................................... 9 7 3 1,127 710 189 989 935 251 Printing and related support activities . 15 13 10 2,027 1,307 1,551 1,784 1,683 1,291 Petroleum and coal products ............. - 3 - - 228 - - 255 - Chemicals .............................. 12 8 ( 2 ) 1,694 1,475 ( 2 ) 1,601 1,014 ( 2 ) Plastics and rubber products ............ 13 19 11 1,957 2,756 1,161 1,756 2,571 1,203 Nonmetallic mineral products ............ ( 2 ) 24 9 ( 2 ) 3,088 1,236 ( 2 ) 2,319 923 Primary metals .......................... 9 8 10 1,651 1,013 1,768 2,105 1,111 1,611 Fabricated metal products ............... 18 20 17 3,496 2,778 3,022 2,864 3,248 1,916 Machinery ............................... 14 17 18 2,204 2,157 2,337 2,289 3,362 2,026 Computer and electronic products ........ 16 14 20 3,101 1,892 2,712 4,087 2,500 2,040 Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 9 13 11 1,614 1,280 2,333 1,905 2,121 3,040 Transportation equipment ................ 43 41 41 10,463 7,643 9,534 12,867 9,291 8,175 Furniture and related products .......... 18 13 10 2,260 2,074 1,229 2,516 1,776 1,288 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 8 6 3 1,551 1,140 212 1,030 539 242 Wholesale trade .............................. 22 26 14 4,386 2,357 2,304 3,090 2,737 1,560 Retail trade ................................. 81 114 39 15,326 28,202 9,054 16,399 24,560 6,791 Transportation and warehousing ............... 141 49 114 35,933 12,203 25,275 34,673 8,477 18,994 Information .................................. 47 36 29 10,969 9,192 5,105 11,671 8,763 4,037 Finance and insurance ........................ 40 44 22 7,642 7,886 2,846 7,811 7,453 2,651 Real estate and rental and leasing ........... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 896 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 790 Professional and technical services .......... 63 25 57 16,644 4,233 25,778 14,973 3,597 12,705 Management of companies and enterprises ...... 8 ( 2 ) 4 1,045 ( 2 ) 473 1,108 ( 2 ) 346 Administrative and waste services ............ 133 123 93 29,651 25,302 13,844 26,029 24,870 11,870 Educational services ......................... 6 ( 2 ) 4 497 ( 2 ) 278 556 ( 2 ) 299 Health care and social assistance ............ 162 24 143 22,330 3,952 17,598 18,294 2,649 13,758 Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 52 24 31 23,660 3,796 20,167 5,780 2,343 3,059 Accommodation and food services .............. 120 42 104 30,044 7,127 28,012 27,334 8,207 19,575 Other services, except public administration . 54 5 53 8,536 843 7,898 7,120 928 6,250 Unclassified ................................. 1 - - 52 - - 52 - - 1 For the second quarter of 2005, data on layoffs were reported by employers in all states and the District of Columbia. Due to budget constraints in the MLS program, beginning with data for the first quarter of 2004, the scope of quarterly extended mass layoffs and plant closings has been redefined to cover only the private nonfarm economy. Quarterly information on layoff events in agriculture and government are no longer being collected. However, the monthly reporting of the MLS program in the release, Mass Layoffs, which is based only on administrative data, will be unaffected and will continue to cover the total economy. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 2. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Reason for layoff II I II II I II II I II 2004r 2005r 2005p 2004r 2005r 2005p 2004r 2005r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) .... 1,358 1,144 1,056 278,831 188,397 211,009 254,063 186,030 150,140 Automation ....................... - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Bankruptcy ....................... 17 29 12 3,342 5,976 3,591 2,597 4,115 2,080 Business ownership change ........ 27 43 15 7,370 10,623 3,386 5,268 7,076 1,592 Contract cancellation ............ 33 17 17 5,171 3,247 2,082 4,042 3,032 1,868 Contract completed ............... 223 162 188 42,129 29,200 26,703 44,262 34,082 24,586 Energy-related ................... - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Environment-related .............. ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Financial difficulty ............. 40 35 30 7,456 5,915 4,607 4,290 4,545 2,756 Import competition ............... 8 13 9 1,606 2,186 1,465 1,051 1,657 842 Labor dispute .................... 11 8 4 2,160 1,648 615 1,842 1,167 496 Material shortage ................ ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 497 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 433 ( 2 ) Model changeover ................. 4 - - 932 - - 950 - - Natural disaster ................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Non-natural disaster ............. - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Plant or machine repair .......... 8 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,336 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,240 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Product line discontinued ........ 10 8 6 2,036 874 2,355 2,145 1,014 1,093 Reorganization within company .... 143 133 89 24,862 24,684 14,343 27,242 23,699 11,367 Seasonal work .................... 478 372 430 111,711 57,121 111,931 88,530 51,447 64,467 Slack work ....................... 122 186 116 18,886 20,684 16,574 24,389 29,608 19,903 Vacation period .................. 93 ( 2 ) 76 15,673 ( 2 ) 12,710 14,255 ( 2 ) 9,108 Weather-related .................. ( 2 ) 29 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 3,417 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,576 ( 2 ) Other ............................ 35 28 16 7,081 5,305 2,342 5,625 5,011 2,014 Not reported ..................... 101 72 43 26,232 15,843 7,461 24,601 15,513 7,106 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, first and second quarters, 2005 Total Percent of total initial Hispanic Persons age 55 Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over State I II I II I II I II I II I II 2005r 2005p 2005r 2005p 2005r 2005p 2005r 2005p 2005r 2005p 2005r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ... 1,144 1,056 186,030 150,140 14.5 17.0 13.5 12.8 38.9 55.2 16.1 21.1 Alabama ........................ ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) 279 - 47.7 - 2.9 5.7 81.7 8.1 22.6 Alaska ......................... ( 2 ) 9 ( 2 ) 1,181 - 3.7 2.9 20.3 31.7 40.1 8.6 21.3 Arizona ........................ 3 5 585 862 5.5 .8 19.8 77.7 40.5 46.1 8.9 18.1 Arkansas ....................... ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) 635 21.7 56.5 18.3 .9 34.2 85.4 .8 20.2 California ..................... 133 129 26,678 14,695 9.3 8.3 37.1 33.7 48.7 55.9 14.8 17.9 Colorado ....................... 8 12 1,003 1,431 3.9 4.5 38.7 25.1 40.4 57.4 14.1 19.1 Connecticut .................... 6 13 691 1,697 13.6 9.6 13.5 5.5 35.5 68.9 18.7 24.7 Delaware ....................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 25.8 14.4 11.3 1.7 4.8 20.4 24.2 14.7 District of Columbia ........... - - - - - - - - - - - - Florida ........................ 70 93 12,971 10,493 14.1 19.0 30.6 31.9 46.7 47.1 20.0 21.3 Georgia ........................ 18 25 3,387 3,223 48.6 59.1 1.7 1.4 56.8 66.7 19.6 18.7 Hawaii ......................... ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) 434 .9 1.2 12.1 15.2 22.5 47.9 12.6 16.4 Idaho .......................... 6 - 572 - .7 - 13.6 - 45.1 - 16.6 - Illinois ....................... 112 104 17,708 18,408 22.5 23.1 11.0 9.8 34.9 59.3 13.6 20.5 Indiana ........................ 29 24 4,896 3,669 7.6 16.2 5.2 1.9 27.9 53.9 12.8 21.3 Iowa ........................... 8 6 1,159 710 .9 1.8 .8 .6 20.7 83.7 13.5 31.0 Kansas ......................... 10 - 968 - 10.8 - 1.4 - 44.8 - 11.4 - Kentucky ....................... 18 19 2,723 2,007 12.8 12.7 .2 1.1 37.2 46.4 14.5 18.7 Louisiana ...................... 16 19 1,754 2,659 54.0 57.6 3.9 1.4 30.2 61.3 13.4 20.2 Maine .......................... 7 6 911 806 3.1 .7 .4 .4 41.3 43.3 16.1 15.1 Maryland ....................... - ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) - 60.4 - - - 75.2 - 24.8 Massachusetts .................. 29 16 3,904 2,696 9.5 13.7 1.5 3.5 39.4 60.5 16.4 22.3 Michigan ....................... 76 73 11,043 10,726 14.7 15.2 3.4 3.8 35.7 54.6 11.6 18.1 Minnesota ...................... 29 23 2,768 3,722 4.8 10.0 5.3 6.1 29.7 43.2 16.4 20.4 Mississippi .................... 5 ( 2 ) 509 ( 2 ) 49.7 64.9 .4 - 50.9 5.2 22.2 16.0 Missouri ....................... 23 20 3,991 2,419 16.6 25.2 .4 .4 36.4 76.5 20.5 24.2 Montana ........................ ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) 377 .8 .3 7.3 4.0 16.9 59.2 30.6 18.3 Nebraska ....................... ( 2 ) 8 ( 2 ) 740 3.5 14.3 2.6 6.9 4.3 58.5 21.7 27.0 Nevada ......................... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) 299 14.7 28.4 11.9 18.7 46.9 67.2 22.0 28.8 New Hampshire .................. ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) 318 1.4 - 2.8 .6 48.6 42.1 9.3 28.3 New Jersey ..................... 35 39 4,647 8,791 16.6 16.2 7.3 8.6 41.6 69.4 18.8 34.9 New Mexico ..................... 3 4 232 471 1.7 1.3 71.6 43.1 41.8 39.3 10.3 14.6 New York ....................... 139 54 23,009 7,678 11.2 8.8 8.5 8.4 30.2 39.4 17.5 20.2 North Carolina ................. 22 8 3,021 753 49.4 32.7 4.2 8.0 52.7 65.7 19.6 24.0 North Dakota ................... - ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) - - - .7 - 11.6 - 13.0 Ohio ........................... 87 75 9,952 9,153 10.1 18.0 1.5 2.4 22.0 56.6 12.5 17.4 Oklahoma ....................... 5 ( 2 ) 574 ( 2 ) 11.1 14.5 8.0 4.0 17.1 23.4 15.0 15.3 Oregon ......................... 14 18 2,713 2,752 1.9 2.5 15.9 16.7 47.1 75.1 18.6 29.5 Pennsylvania ................... 69 72 12,990 11,512 9.8 10.9 3.4 3.1 40.3 55.2 21.8 26.6 Rhode Island ................... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) 285 2.2 2.8 7.9 7.0 2.2 62.1 15.1 29.8 South Carolina ................. 7 7 1,307 1,122 40.7 78.9 2.0 .1 57.6 78.7 10.3 2.6 South Dakota ................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2.3 2.2 2.3 1.1 11.4 80.2 22.0 38.5 Tennessee ...................... 11 7 1,663 886 36.4 23.7 - - 59.5 55.3 17.6 24.0 Texas .......................... 24 40 5,405 7,104 17.0 18.5 38.5 43.3 32.7 42.9 11.9 14.3 Utah ........................... 3 9 393 752 3.6 .9 24.4 20.6 57.0 62.1 7.4 11.7 Vermont ........................ ( 2 ) 7 ( 2 ) 1,370 - .7 - .2 41.4 44.1 19.0 18.1 Virginia ....................... 23 10 5,559 1,549 32.9 62.8 .9 1.4 46.7 70.6 17.0 14.5 Washington ..................... 24 29 3,526 3,658 7.9 5.3 14.6 13.1 39.1 46.3 11.3 18.3 West Virginia .................. - 4 - 461 - .7 - - - 26.2 - 16.7 Wisconsin ...................... 51 33 10,985 5,048 4.0 9.8 9.3 3.6 41.5 57.9 19.3 27.8 Wyoming ........................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - - 13.5 - 26.2 30.0 20.6 3.8 Puerto Rico .................... 9 19 2,547 3,795 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 62.2 58.0 6.4 8.2 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 3 Data are not available. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Census region and division II I II II I II II I II 2004r 2005r 2005p 2004r 2005r 2005p 2004r 2005r 2005p United States (1) ..... 1,358 1,144 1,056 278,831 188,397 211,009 254,063 186,030 150,140 Northeast ..................... 299 290 214 59,392 39,426 45,760 68,344 46,621 35,153 New England ............... 76 47 49 14,358 5,390 9,479 14,638 5,975 7,172 Middle Atlantic ........... 223 243 165 45,034 34,036 36,281 53,706 40,646 27,981 South ......................... 363 222 245 67,561 38,862 38,296 61,479 39,178 33,163 South Atlantic ............ 231 141 150 45,621 26,249 23,150 39,364 26,307 19,275 East South Central ........ 43 35 30 8,746 4,931 3,719 6,407 5,018 3,366 West South Central ........ 89 46 65 13,194 7,682 11,427 15,708 7,853 10,522 Midwest ....................... 416 429 368 78,819 66,008 69,280 77,158 63,717 54,832 East North Central ........ 339 355 309 65,795 56,776 61,117 65,905 54,584 47,004 West North Central ........ 77 74 59 13,024 9,232 8,163 11,253 9,133 7,828 West .......................... 280 203 229 73,059 44,101 57,673 47,082 36,514 26,992 Mountain .................. 56 29 39 20,951 4,615 23,494 8,065 3,227 4,272 Pacific ................... 224 174 190 52,108 39,486 34,179 39,017 33,287 22,720 1 See footnote 1, table 1. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas: East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance State II I II II I II II I II 2004r 2005r 2005p 2004r 2005r 2005p 2004r 2005r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ... 1,358 1,144 1,056 278,831 188,397 211,009 254,063 186,030 150,140 Alabama ........................ 7 ( 2 ) 3 1,351 ( 2 ) 232 1,391 ( 2 ) 279 Alaska ......................... 10 ( 2 ) 9 1,301 ( 2 ) 1,181 1,301 ( 2 ) 1,181 Arizona ........................ 20 3 5 4,015 605 2,737 3,294 585 862 Arkansas ....................... 9 ( 2 ) 5 1,724 ( 2 ) 1,166 722 ( 2 ) 635 California ..................... 169 133 129 41,711 23,838 23,736 31,214 26,678 14,695 Colorado ....................... 15 8 12 11,016 1,844 14,766 2,525 1,003 1,431 Connecticut .................... 21 6 13 6,507 1,098 2,161 4,739 691 1,697 Delaware ....................... 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 908 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 885 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) District of Columbia ........... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Florida ........................ 129 70 93 27,068 14,571 14,259 22,463 12,971 10,493 Georgia ........................ 30 18 25 7,164 2,269 3,205 6,536 3,387 3,223 Hawaii ......................... 5 ( 2 ) 5 657 ( 2 ) 478 533 ( 2 ) 434 Idaho .......................... 6 6 - 1,010 782 - 706 572 - Illinois ....................... 111 112 104 30,405 23,287 27,990 26,230 17,708 18,408 Indiana ........................ 24 29 24 4,244 3,815 5,419 4,106 4,896 3,669 Iowa ........................... 7 8 6 1,198 644 1,024 922 1,159 710 Kansas ......................... 15 10 - 3,176 1,014 - 2,342 968 - Kentucky ....................... 21 18 19 3,663 2,509 2,036 2,323 2,723 2,007 Louisiana ...................... 28 16 19 4,557 3,131 3,180 3,250 1,754 2,659 Maine .......................... 6 7 6 1,768 1,468 2,020 828 911 806 Maryland ....................... 4 - ( 2 ) 651 - ( 2 ) 523 - ( 2 ) Massachusetts .................. 28 29 16 2,205 2,360 3,311 5,233 3,904 2,696 Michigan ....................... 64 76 73 10,461 9,550 11,587 13,759 11,043 10,726 Minnesota ...................... 23 29 23 3,312 3,155 3,051 2,673 2,768 3,722 Mississippi .................... 6 5 ( 2 ) 1,362 512 ( 2 ) 642 509 ( 2 ) Missouri ....................... 24 23 20 4,540 4,031 3,059 4,382 3,991 2,419 Montana ........................ 4 ( 2 ) 5 951 ( 2 ) 1,112 332 ( 2 ) 377 Nebraska ....................... 6 ( 2 ) 8 657 ( 2 ) 788 757 ( 2 ) 740 Nevada ......................... 4 ( 2 ) 3 824 ( 2 ) 299 611 ( 2 ) 299 New Hampshire .................. 5 ( 2 ) 4 573 ( 2 ) 318 573 ( 2 ) 318 New Jersey ..................... 55 35 39 12,195 5,181 16,069 13,860 4,647 8,791 New Mexico ..................... ( 2 ) 3 4 ( 2 ) 242 475 ( 2 ) 232 471 New York ....................... 79 139 54 19,371 21,083 11,707 18,741 23,009 7,678 North Carolina ................. 19 22 8 2,828 3,680 623 2,342 3,021 753 North Dakota ................... - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Ohio ........................... 82 87 75 11,281 9,663 10,378 12,264 9,952 9,153 Oklahoma ....................... 5 5 ( 2 ) 449 397 ( 2 ) 558 574 ( 2 ) Oregon ......................... 22 14 18 4,558 8,875 3,970 3,525 2,713 2,752 Pennsylvania ................... 89 69 72 13,468 7,772 8,505 21,105 12,990 11,512 Rhode Island ................... 9 ( 2 ) 3 2,057 ( 2 ) 299 2,017 ( 2 ) 285 South Carolina ................. 11 7 7 1,615 1,173 1,090 1,878 1,307 1,122 South Dakota ................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Tennessee ...................... 9 11 7 2,370 1,850 1,228 2,051 1,663 886 Texas .......................... 47 24 40 6,464 3,939 6,218 11,178 5,405 7,104 Utah ........................... 5 3 9 2,465 404 3,305 407 393 752 Vermont ........................ 7 ( 2 ) 7 1,248 ( 2 ) 1,370 1,248 ( 2 ) 1,370 Virginia ....................... 28 23 10 4,774 4,494 1,840 4,156 5,559 1,549 Washington ..................... 18 24 29 3,881 6,403 4,814 2,444 3,526 3,658 West Virginia .................. 5 - 4 541 - 459 509 - 461 Wisconsin ...................... 58 51 33 9,404 10,461 5,743 9,546 10,985 5,048 Wyoming ........................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Puerto Rico .................... 14 9 19 2,005 999 2,423 2,811 2,547 3,795 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 6. Information technology-producing industries: Extended mass layoff events and separations, private nonfarm sector, 1998-2005 Information technology-producing industries(1) Total extended Year mass layoffs Computer Software and Communications Communications hardware(2) computer services(3) equipment(4) services(5) Layoff Layoff Layoff Layoff Layoff events Separations events Separations events Separations events Separations events Separations 1998 First quarter ..... 1,115 178,251 29 5,212 8 1,550 7 725 9 1,685 Second quarter .... 1,333 336,536 37 8,455 5 357 7 1,317 5 650 Third quarter ..... 1,028 201,186 63 11,066 5 1,175 12 3,031 5 1,051 Fourth quarter .... 1,383 275,272 37 11,336 5 974 7 1,898 6 764 Total ......... 4,859 991,245 166 36,069 23 4,056 33 6,971 25 4,150 1999 First quarter ..... 1,262 230,711 35 4,363 10 1,796 10 1,600 6 1,002 Second quarter .... 1,194 246,251 28 3,891 7 1,731 8 1,097 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) Third quarter ..... 898 184,429 22 11,546 7 1,141 5 840 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) Fourth quarter .... 1,202 240,060 18 2,757 5 526 4 807 6 1,430 Total ......... 4,556 901,451 103 22,557 29 5,194 27 4,344 18 3,930 2000 First quarter ..... 1,081 202,500 22 5,195 14 2,717 9 1,402 4 771 Second quarter .... 1,055 205,861 18 8,862 22 9,114 7 805 7 977 Third quarter ..... 817 174,628 10 1,678 12 1,422 4 1,465 6 1,280 Fourth quarter .... 1,638 332,973 16 3,070 22 3,521 5 946 7 1,020 Total ......... 4,591 915,962 66 18,805 70 16,774 25 4,618 24 4,048 2001 First quarter ..... 1,546 304,171 91 20,991 44 7,963 22 4,441 24 5,312 Second quarter .... 1,828 430,499 161 38,986 87 12,943 36 12,109 28 6,386 Third quarter ..... 1,629 330,391 142 24,813 55 6,820 39 8,200 36 7,134 Fourth quarter .... 2,372 459,771 109 17,797 56 8,290 43 10,124 48 11,252 Total ......... 7,375 1,524,832 503 102,587 242 36,016 140 34,874 136 30,084 2002 First quarter ..... 1,611 299,266 84 18,574 39 4,442 32 8,192 42 6,664 Second quarter .... 1,624 344,606 69 11,764 49 5,454 27 4,870 53 8,538 Third quarter ..... 1,186 255,152 76 15,017 42 5,415 34 6,529 42 7,945 Fourth quarter .... 1,916 373,307 74 14,298 32 7,071 19 3,645 39 8,987 Total ......... 6,337 1,272,331 303 59,653 162 22,382 112 23,236 176 32,134 2003 First quarter ..... 1,502 286,947 71 11,900 33 5,689 23 4,402 41 6,591 Second quarter .... 1,799 368,273 54 9,221 27 4,124 21 3,098 29 5,891 Third quarter ..... 1,190 236,333 46 6,488 26 4,433 9 1,289 15 2,604 Fourth quarter .... 1,690 325,333 25 5,080 14 1,984 9 1,619 28 6,635 Total ......... 6,181 1,216,886 196 32,689 100 16,230 62 10,408 113 21,721 2004 First quarter ..... 1,339 276,503 27 3,222 16 2,992 8 894 23 4,197 Second quarter .... 1,358 (r)278,831 18 2,959 21 3,576 - - 22 5,295 Third quarter ..... 886 (r)164,598 13 2,288 15 1,617 4 430 13 4,317 Fourth quarter .... 1,427 (r)273,967 18 3,055 10 1,547 4 563 23 3,457 Total ......... 5,010 (r)993,899 76 11,524 62 9,732 16 1,887 81 17,266 2005 First quarter ..... (r)1,144 (r)188,397 (r)13 (r)1,526 (r)13 (r)2,679 4 (r)439 (r)17 (r)3,839 Second quarter(p) . 1,056 211,009 16 1,811 16 1,758 4 842 11 1,800 1 Information technology-producing industries are defined in Digital Economy 2003, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. 2 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: semiconductor machinery manufacturing; office machinery manufacturing; electronic computer manufacturing; computer storage device manufacturing; computer terminal manufacturing; other computer peripheral equipment mfg.; electron tube manufacturing; bare printed circuit board manufacturing; semiconductors and related device mfg.; electronic capacitor manufacturing; electronic resistor manufacturing; electronic coils, transformers, and inductors; electronic connector manufacturing; printed circuit assembly manufacturing; other electronic component manufacturing; industrial process variable instruments; electricity and signal testing instruments; analytical laboratory instrument mfg.; computer and software merchant wholesalers; and computer and software stores. 3 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: software publishers; internet service providers; web search portals; data processing and related services; computer and software merchant wholesalers; computer and software stores; custom computer programming services; computer systems design services; computer facilities management services; other computer related services; office equipment rental and leasing; and computer and office machine repair. 4 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: telephone apparatus manufacturing; audio and video equipment manufacturing; broadcast and wireless communications equip.; fiber optic cable manufacturing; software reproducing; and magnetic and optical recording media mfg. 5 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: wired telecommunications carriers; cellular and other wireless carriers; telecommunications resellers; cable and other program distribution; satellite telecommunications; other telecommunications; and communication equipment repair. 6 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 7. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events Separations Industry II I II II I II 2004 2005r 2005p 2004 2005r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ............. 86 71 62 16,240 14,600 9,720 Mining ........................................ - - - - - - Utilities ..................................... - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Construction .................................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Manufacturing ................................. 57 44 40 10,999 9,070 5,602 Food ...................................... ( 2 ) 4 3 ( 2 ) 1,122 350 Beverage and tobacco products ............. - - - - - - Textile mills ............................. 4 ( 2 ) - 537 ( 2 ) - Textile product mills ..................... 4 4 - 874 745 - Apparel ................................... 4 3 3 847 549 213 Leather and allied products ............... - - - - - - Wood products ............................. - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Paper ..................................... 3 ( 2 ) - 453 ( 2 ) - Printing and related support activities ... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Petroleum and coal products ............... - - - - - - Chemicals ................................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Plastics and rubber products .............. 5 5 3 632 1,243 476 Nonmetallic mineral products .............. - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Primary metal ............................. ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) Fabricated metal products ................. 5 5 6 1,010 1,330 1,175 Machinery ................................. ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) Computer and electronic products .......... 7 ( 2 ) 6 1,975 ( 2 ) 1,004 Electrical equipment and appliance ........ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 715 Transportation equipment .................. 4 5 8 1,013 789 880 Furniture and related products ............ 8 4 3 1,026 697 286 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Wholesale trade ............................... 4 7 ( 2 ) 410 577 ( 2 ) Retail trade .................................. 6 5 4 1,039 769 1,092 Transportation and warehousing ................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 689 Information ................................... 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 771 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Finance and insurance ......................... ( 2 ) 4 6 ( 2 ) 1,233 847 Real estate and rental and leasing ............ - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Professional and technical services ........... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 475 Management of companies and enterprises ....... - - - - - - Administrative and waste services ............. 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,372 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Educational services .......................... - - - - - - Health care and social assistance ............. - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Arts, entertainment, and recreation ........... - - - - - - Accommodation and food services ............... - - - - - - Other services, except public administration .. - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Unclassified................................... - - - - - - 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 8. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events Separations Reason for layoff II I II II I II 2004 2005r 2005p 2004 2005r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) .... 86 71 62 16,240 14,600 9,720 Automation ....................... - - - - - - Bankruptcy ....................... - - - - - - Business ownership change ........ 7 5 ( 2 ) 1,380 1,719 ( 2 ) Contract cancellation ............ 3 4 ( 2 ) 493 580 ( 2 ) Contract completed ............... 4 - - 571 - - Energy-related ................... - - - - - - Environment-related .............. - - - - - - Financial difficulty ............. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 682 Import competition ............... 4 7 6 913 1,187 434 Labor dispute .................... - - - - - - Material shortage ................ - - - - - - Model changeover ................. ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Natural disaster ................. - - - - - - Non-natural disaster ............. - - - - - - Plant or machine repair .......... - - - - - - Product line discontinued ........ 3 4 ( 2 ) 373 470 ( 2 ) Reorganization within company .... 49 40 42 8,717 8,318 6,904 Seasonal work .................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Slack work ....................... 4 ( 2 ) 3 1,260 ( 2 ) 645 Vacation period .................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Weather-related .................. - - - - - - Other ............................ 9 7 ( 2 ) 1,798 1,718 ( 2 ) Not reported ..................... - - - - - - 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 3 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 9. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events Separations Census region and division II I II II I II 2004 2005r 2005p 2004 2005r 2005p United States (1).. 86 71 62 16,240 14,600 9,720 Northeast ................. 10 7 15 1,342 1,749 2,524 New England ........... 4 4 7 613 1,124 1,112 Middle Atlantic ....... 6 3 8 729 625 1,412 South ..................... 35 29 17 6,421 6,162 2,166 South Atlantic ........ 18 15 11 3,251 2,671 1,141 East South Central .... 12 9 ( 2 ) 2,253 2,216 ( 2 ) West South Central .... 5 5 ( 2 ) 917 1,275 ( 2 ) Midwest ................... 22 16 14 4,503 2,742 2,566 East North Central .... 19 ( 2 ) 14 3,427 ( 2 ) 2,566 West North Central .... 3 ( 2 ) - 1,076 ( 2 ) - West ...................... 19 19 16 3,974 3,947 2,464 Mountain .............. ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) Pacific ............... ( 2 ) 19 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 3,947 ( 2 ) 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Iliinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Dash represents zero. Table 10. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events Separations Action II I II II I II 2004 2005r 2005p 2005 2005r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ......... 1,358 1,144 1,056 278,831 188,397 211,009 Total, excluding seasonal and vacation events (2) ........ 787 771 550 151,447 131,151 86,368 Total, movement of work (3)..... 86 71 62 16,240 14,600 9,720 Movement of work actions ..... 112 90 84 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) With separations reported .. 82 66 66 11,098 9,422 7,736 With separations unknown ... 30 24 18 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. 3 Movement of work can involve more than one action. 4 Data are not available. r = revised. p = preliminary. Table 11. Movement of work actions by type of separation where number of separations is known by employers, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events(1) Separations Action II I II II I II 2004 2005r 2005p 2004 2005r 2005p With separations reported (2).. 82 66 66 11,098 9,422 7,736 By location Out-of-country relocations... 19 21 26 2,415 3,811 2,582 Within company............. 13 17 19 1,882 3,353 1,938 Different company ......... 6 4 7 533 458 644 Domestic relocations ........ 59 45 37 8,257 5,611 4,560 Within company............. 46 37 31 5,982 4,626 3,907 Different company ......... 13 8 6 2,275 985 653 Unable to assign place of ... relocation ................ 4 - 3 426 - 594 By company Within company .............. 63 54 53 8,290 7,979 6,439 Domestic .................. 46 37 31 5,982 4,626 3,907 Out of country ............ 13 17 19 1,882 3,353 1,938 Unable to assign .......... 4 - 3 426 - 594 Different company ........... 19 12 13 2,808 1,443 1,297 Domestic .................. 13 8 6 2,275 985 653 Out of country ............ 6 4 7 533 458 644 Unable to assign........... - - - - - - 1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work were reported are shown. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.