Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 06-1974 http://www.bls.gov/mls/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EST Media contact: 691-5902 Wednesday, November 15, 2006 EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2006 In the third quarter of 2006, employers took 836 mass layoff actions in the private nonfarm sector that resulted in the separation of 134,816 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics. (See table A.) Layoff activity in the third quarter of 2006 was sharply lower than in the same period a year ago, when the effects of Hurricane Katrina were related to 358 of the 1,136 layoff events and to 57,551 of the 201,878 separated workers. In the third quarter of 2006, extended mass layoffs that involve the movement of work within the same company or to a different company, either domestically or outside the U.S., occurred in 8 percent of the nonseasonal layoff events and 11 percent of worker separations. (See table B.) The completion of contracts accounted for 29 percent of all layoff events and resulted in 28,005 separations during the period. Layoffs due to inter- nal company restructuring (bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 21 percent of layoff events and 30 percent of separations, higher proportions than those of 2005 (which included the impact of Hurricane Katrina). However, the current quarter's numbers of events and separations were about the same as those reported in the third quarter of 2005. Permanent closure of worksites occurred in 16 percent of all events and affected 36,329 workers, both figures were higher than a year ago. In the third quarter of 2006, the national unemployment rate was 4.7 per- cent, not seasonally adjusted; a year earlier it was 5.0 percent. Private nonfarm payroll employment, not seasonally adjusted, increased by 1.6 mil- lion, or 1.5 percent, from July-September 2005 to July-September 2006. - 2 - Table A. Selected measures of extended mass layoff activity ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Period | Layoff events | Separations | Initial claimants | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 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 ...........| 1,358 | 278,831 | 254,063 July-September .......| 886 | 164,608 | 148,575 October-December .....| 1,427 | 273,967 | 262,049 | | | 2005 | | | | | | January-March ........| 1,142 | 186,506 | 185,486 April-June ...........| 1,203 | 246,099 | 212,673 July-September (r)....| 1,136 | 201,878 | 190,186 October-December (r)..| 1,400 | 250,178 | 246,181 | | | 2006 | | | | | | January-March (r).....| 963 | 183,073 | 192,793 April-June (r) .......| 1,353 | 295,428 | 263,787 July-September (p)....| 836 | 134,816 | 104,458 | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- r = revised. p = preliminary. Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs Extended mass layoff separations occurred in 327 of the 1,105 detailed industries for which data are available for the third quarter of 2006. Manufacturing industries accounted for 32 percent of private nonfarm layoff events and 34 percent of separations during July-September 2006. (See table 1.) The proportion of manufacturing events and separations were higher when compared with third quarter 2005, which reflected the significant impact of Hurricane Katrina. In the third quarter of 2006, separations in this sector were highest in transportation equipment manufacturing (12,402), followed by food manufacturing (6,343). Administrative and waste services accounted for 12 percent of private nonfarm layoff events and 11 percent of separations, primarily in temporary help services and professional employer organizations. Layoffs in the con- struction sector make-up 17 percent of events and 11 percent of separations, mostly in specialty trade contracting. Retail trade comprised 6 percent of events and 9 percent of separations, mostly in food and beverage stores. Cutbacks in transportation and warehousing accounted for 8 percent of events and 7 percent of separations and were concentrated in transit and ground passenger transportation. Information technology-producing industries (communications equipment, communications services, computer hardware, and software and computer services) accounted for 4 percent of layoff events and worker separations in the third quarter of 2006, the same proportion as in the third quarter of 2005. Layoffs in the information technology-producing industries in the third quarter of 2006 were most numerous in computer hardware, with 3,035 separations, followed by communications services. (See table 6.) - 3 - Table B. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, third quarter 2006 p ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Action | Layoff events | Separations | | -----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------- | | Total private nonfarm..............| 836 | 134,816 | | Total, excluding seasonal | | and vacation events (1).......| 673 | 109,356 | | Total events with movement | | of work (2).................| 52 | 11,873 | | Movement of work actions....| 66 | (3) With separations reported.| 44 | 6,026 With separations unknown..| 22 | (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 movement of work action. 3 Data not available. p = preliminary. Reasons for Extended Layoff Layoffs due to the completion of a contract accounted for 29 percent of the extended layoff events and resulted in 28,005 separations in the third quarter 2006. (See table 2.) Contract completion layoffs were most numer- ous among workers in administrative and support services (professional em- ployer organizations and temporary help services) and in specialty trade contractors (residential framing contractors). Internal company restructuring (due to bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 21 percent of layoff events and resulted in 40,295 separations. These layoffs were mostly among workers in food and beverage stores, transportation equipment manufacturing, and credit intermediation and related activities. Over half of both the layoff events and separations associated with internal company restructuring were due to reorganization within the company, which accounted for 11 percent of events and resulted in 21,159 separations during the third quarter. Movement of Work Between July and September of 2006, 52 extended mass layoff events involved the movement of work; this was about 8 percent of total extended mass layoff 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 11,873 workers, about 11 percent of all separations resulting from nonseasonal/nonvacation mass layoff events. A year earlier, 68 layoff events and 15,578 separations were associated with the movement of work. (See table 10.) Among the 52 extended mass layoff events with reported relocation of work, 62 percent were permanent closures of worksites, which affected 8,517 workers. In comparison, 16 percent of the total extended mass layoff events for the third quarter involved the permanent closure of worksites. Of the layoffs involving the movement of work, 63 percent of the events and 56 percent of the laid-off workers were from manufacturing industries during the third quarter of 2006. (See table 7.) Among all private nonfarm extended mass layoffs, manufacturing accounted for 32 percent of the events and 34 percent of separations. - 4 - Table C. Movement of work actions by type of separation where the number of separations is known by employers, third quarter 2006 p ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | Activities | Actions (1) | Separations | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | With separations reported ....| 44 | 6,026 | | By location | | | | Out-of-country relocations ...| 10 | 1,842 Within company .............| 7 | 801 Different company ..........| 3 | 1,041 | | Domestic relocations .........| 34 | 4,184 Within company .............| 28 | 3,455 Different company ..........| 6 | 729 | | By company | | | | Within company ...............| 35 | 4,256 Domestic ...................| 28 | 3,455 Out of country .............| 7 | 801 | | Different company ............| 9 | 1,770 Domestic ...................| 6 | 729 Out of country .............| 3 | 1,041 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 percent of layoff events associated with work relocation and resulted in 8,520 separations during the third quarter. (See table 8.) Most of these were due to reorganization within the company. Twenty-one percent of the extended mass layoff events in the total private nonfarm economy were because of internal company restructuring. Among the regions, the South accounted for the largest proportion of workers (42 percent) affected by extended mass layoffs associated with the movement of work, followed by the Midwest (25 percent), the Northeast (19 percent), and the West (14 percent). (See table 9.) Some extended mass layoff events involve more than one relocation of work action. For example, an extended mass layoff event at an establish- ment 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. The 52 extended layoff events with movement of work for the third quarter of 2006 involved 66 identifi- able relocations of work. (See table B.) An identifiable relocation of work occurs when the employer provides sufficient information on the new location of work and/or the number of workers affected by the movement. Of the 66 relocations, employers were able to provide information on the specific number of separations associated with the movement of work com- ponent of the layoff in 44 actions involving 6,026 workers. Thus, a range of 6,026 (separations in movement of work actions where the employer was able to provide specific detail) to 11,873 (total separations in all layoff events that included movement of work) is established for separations due to the movement of work in the third quarter. (See table 10.) - 5 - Table D. Summary of employer expectations of a recall from extended layoff, third quarter 2005-third quarter 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percentage of events Nature of the recall |_________________________________________ | | | | | | III | IV | I | II | III | 2005 | 2005 | 2006 | 2006r | 2006p --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | Anticipate a recall .......| 39.5 | 68.9 | 43.1 | 59.6 | 42.0 | | | | | Timeframe | | | | | | | | | | Within 6 months ...........| 78.8 | 90.0 | 83.9 | 90.1 | 88.3 Within 3 months .........| 57.9 | 37.1 | 55.2 | 62.0 | 69.2 | | | | | Size | | | | | | | | | | At least half .............| 80.2 | 92.6 | 88.0 | 93.7 | 90.0 All workers .............| 43.2 | 50.5 | 38.1 | 52.2 | 44.7 | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- r = revised. p = preliminary. In the 44 actions where employers were able to provide more complete separations information, 80 percent of relocations (35 out of 44) occurred among establishments within the same company. (See table C.) In 80 per- cent of these relocations, the work activities were reassigned to places elsewhere in the U.S. Twenty-three percent of the movement-of-work relocations involved out- of-country moves (10 out of 44). The separation of 1,842 workers was associated with out-of-country relocations, 2 percent of all nonseasonal/ nonvacation extended mass layoff separations. Domestic relocation of work--both within the company and to other companies--affected 4,184 workers. (See table 11.) Recall Expectations Forty-two percent of employers reporting an extended layoff in the third quarter of 2006 indicated they anticipated some type of recall. This is the highest percentage of employers anticipating a recall in a third quarter since 2000. (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- five 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 91 percent of the employers expected a recall), employers expected to recall laid-off workers in 30 percent of the events, the same proportion as a year earlier. In layoff events due to internal company restructuring, em- ployers anticipated a recall in only 5 percent of the events. - 6 - Table E. Distribution of extended layoff events by size of layoff, July-September 2006 p ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Layoff events | Separations Size |--------------------------------------- | | | | | Number | Percent | Number | Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Total ..................| 836 | 100.0 | 134,816 | 100.0 | | | | 50-99 .....................| 396 | 47.4 | 27,953 | 20.7 100-149 ...................| 193 | 23.1 | 22,362 | 16.6 150-199 ...................| 79 | 9.4 | 13,383 | 9.9 200-299 ...................| 85 | 10.2 | 20,083 | 14.9 300-499 ...................| 46 | 5.5 | 16,726 | 12.4 500-999 ...................| 29 | 3.5 | 19,874 | 14.7 1,000 or more .............| 8 | 1.0 | 14,435 | 10.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- p = preliminary. Size of Extended Layoff Layoff events during the third quarter continued to be concentrated at the lower end of the extended layoff-size spectrum, with 70 percent in- volving fewer than 150 workers. These events, however, accounted for only 37 percent of all separations. (See table E.) Separations involving 500 or more workers, while comprising 4 percent of the events, accounted for 25 percent of all separations. This proportion is down from 29 percent in July-September 2005. The average size of layoffs (as measured by sepa- rations per layoff event) differed widely by industry, ranging from a low of 79 separations in nonstore retailers to a high of 514 in amusement, gambling, and recreation. Initial Claimant Characteristics A total of 104,458 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with extended mass layoffs in the third quarter of 2006. Of these claimants, 19 percent were black, 17 percent were Hispanic, 43 per- cent were women, 34 percent were 30 to 44 years of age, and 18 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, 14 per- cent were Hispanic, 46 percent were women, 34 percent were age 30 to 44, and 17 percent were 55 years of age or older. Geographic Distribution In the third quarter, the number of separations due to extended mass layoff events was highest in the South (45,206), followed by the West (34,897), the Midwest (32,154), and the Northeast (22,559). (See table 4.) Separations in the South were mainly in administrative and support services and in transportation equipment manufacturing. Three of the four regions reported over-the-year decreases in separa- tions, with the largest decrease occurring in the South (-48,695), fol- lowed by the Midwest (-14,722) and the Northeast (-8,854). In the third quarter of 2005, the South experienced a substantial increase in the number of separated workers in Louisiana and Mississippi as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The West reported the only over-the-year increase (+5,209) in separations. Six of the nine geographic divisions reported over-the-year decreases in laid-off workers, with the largest decreases occurring in the West South Central (-40,077) and Middle Atlantic (-9,541) divisions. The Pacific divi- sion reported the largest increase in separations (+12,265), followed by the South Atlantic division (+843). - 7 - Table F. Mass layoff events and separations, selected metropolitan areas -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Events | Separations Metropolitan area |---------------|--------------- | | | | | III | III | III | III | 2005r | 2006p | 2005r | 2006p -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Total, nonmetropolitan areas .............| 114 | 101 | 22,491| 14,090 | | | | Total, 367 metropolitan areas ............| 808 | 498 |132,174| 77,569 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. .| 29 | 66 | 3,958| 9,826 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long | | | | Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. ..................| 79 | 54 | 12,669| 8,896 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. | 39 | 27 | 7,425| 5,284 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. ...| 5 | 12 | 500| 3,511 Shreveport-Bossier City, La. .............| (1) | 8 | (1) | 3,213 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. .| 4 | 23 | 2,441| 2,917 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. ..| 6 | 12 | 511| 2,769 Norwich-New London, Ct. ..................| - | (1) | - | (1) Detriot-Warren-Livonia, Mich. ............| 17 | 15 | 3,273| 1,678 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.- | | | | De.-Md. ................................| 6 | 10 | 421| 1,280 | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in this table are defined in Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 06-01, December 5, 2005. Dash represents zero. Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the largest number of separations occurred in California (29,692), followed by Florida (21,002), Illinois (13,052), and New York (8,311). These four states accounted for 53 percent of total layoff events and separations during the third quarter of 2006. They were followed by Ohio (6,435), Michigan (5,126), New Jersey (4,814), and Pennsylvania (4,300). (See table 5.) After excluding the substantial impact of seasonal work, California reported the most laid-off workers (26,859), largely due to layoffs in specialty trade contractors and in computer and electronic product manufacturing. Over the year, Louisiana reported the greatest decrease in workers laid off for all reasons during the third quarter (-41,243), followed by Mississippi (-9,314). The largest increases occurred in California (+12,771), Florida (+2,846), and Alabama (+1,699). Sixty percent of events and 58 percent of separations (77,569) occurred in metropolitan areas in the third quarter of 2006, compared with 71 percent of events and 65 percent of separations (132,174) during the third quarter of 2005. Among the 367 metropolitan areas, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., reported the highest number of separations, 9,826, in the third quar- ter of 2006. Next was New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa., with 8,896 separations and Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis., with 5,284 separations. (See table F.) Employers located in nonmetropolitan areas separated 14,090 workers in mass layoffs, down from 22,491 workers in the third quarter of 2005. 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 esta- blishment filing initial claims for unemployment insurance during a con- secutive 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 third 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 layoffs. Thus, comparisons between consecutive quar- ters 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 October 2006 is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 24, 2006. - 8 - 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. - 9 - 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. - 10 - 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 third quarter of 2006, outright refusal to participate in the employer interview account- ed for 3.9 percent of all private nonfarm events. Although included in the total number of instances involving the movement of work, for the third quarter, employers in 22 relocations were unable to provide the number of separations specifically associated with the movement of work, 10 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, 2005 and 2006 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Industry III II III III II III III II III 2005r 2006r 2006p 2005r 2006r 2006p 2005r 2006r 2006p Total, private nonfarm (1) ................. 1,136 1,353 836 201,878 295,428 134,816 190,186 263,787 104,458 Mining ....................................... 4 4 4 1,312 604 1,290 1,001 441 595 Utilities .................................... (2) 3 (2) (2) 537 (2) (2) 476 (2) Construction ................................. 90 148 144 10,507 15,952 14,350 14,767 21,086 13,945 Manufacturing ................................ 292 286 268 56,293 59,687 45,837 56,551 60,602 37,030 Food .................................... 50 67 37 10,320 13,650 6,343 8,854 10,044 3,535 Beverage and tobacco products ........... (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) 720 (2) (2) 429 Textile mills ........................... 12 17 16 1,897 3,159 2,218 2,595 4,405 2,753 Textile product mills ................... 6 4 5 619 670 460 851 1,040 482 Apparel ................................. 13 11 15 1,524 1,658 2,591 1,703 1,401 1,572 Leather and allied products ............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Wood products ........................... 11 10 14 2,828 1,483 1,572 2,822 1,534 1,389 Paper ................................... 9 16 8 1,174 2,292 935 984 1,610 655 Printing and related support activities . 7 12 6 662 1,591 1,057 589 1,249 546 Petroleum and coal products ............. - - (2) - - (2) - - (2) Chemicals .............................. 10 8 6 1,901 1,051 1,095 1,822 847 574 Plastics and rubber products ............ 7 11 10 770 2,217 1,334 721 2,150 1,234 Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 12 7 6 1,433 2,073 917 1,631 1,042 937 Primary metals .......................... 6 8 9 1,562 1,080 1,486 898 928 1,163 Fabricated metal products ............... 25 9 9 2,627 816 857 2,988 1,001 845 Machinery ............................... 26 14 16 6,109 2,867 2,916 6,146 2,875 2,400 Computer and electronic products ........ 21 21 20 4,286 4,780 3,991 3,148 3,777 2,383 Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 9 9 7 4,604 1,163 1,532 4,607 1,034 1,281 Transportation equipment ................ 46 45 60 9,750 16,985 12,402 11,818 23,348 12,379 Furniture and related products .......... 9 8 13 2,321 1,205 2,370 2,333 1,266 1,809 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 10 5 5 1,437 659 846 1,609 578 467 Wholesale trade .............................. 36 20 19 4,563 4,400 3,842 4,032 3,178 1,944 Retail trade ................................. 112 76 46 20,934 24,220 12,150 19,702 22,623 9,100 Transportation and warehousing ............... 87 165 68 17,902 42,395 10,095 15,916 38,109 8,122 Information .................................. 26 33 25 3,425 5,818 5,819 3,265 9,435 2,402 Finance and insurance ........................ 25 46 28 5,047 8,096 5,111 5,197 7,914 4,117 Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 7 8 (2) 562 781 (2) 978 717 (2) Professional and technical services .......... 34 57 30 5,029 29,541 4,380 5,519 17,268 3,786 Management of companies and enterprises ...... (2) 4 (2) (2) 342 (2) (2) 320 (2) Administrative and waste services ............ 121 106 99 22,670 21,006 15,306 22,413 20,675 13,105 Educational services ......................... 13 12 5 2,390 1,342 453 2,117 1,365 497 Health care and social assistance ............ 94 150 40 11,064 18,934 5,130 9,377 16,749 3,537 Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 32 45 17 13,986 21,488 3,930 6,387 5,043 1,294 Accommodation and food services .............. 139 134 30 23,075 32,914 5,509 20,172 30,576 3,893 Other services, except public administration . 18 56 6 2,285 7,371 817 2,099 7,210 455 Unclassified ................................. 1 - - 200 - - 80 - - 1 For the third quarter of 2006, 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, 2005 and 2006 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Reason for layoff III II III III II III III II III 2005r 2006r 2006p 2005r 2006r 2006p 2005r 2006r 2006p Total, private nonfarm (1)..... 1,136 1,353 836 201,878 295,428 134,816 190,186 263,787 104,458 Automation ....................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Bankruptcy ....................... 16 8 14 5,896 4,306 4,816 4,403 875 1,546 Business ownership change ........ 29 39 27 5,316 12,348 8,683 4,654 8,394 4,130 Contract cancellation ............ 19 17 17 3,309 2,807 3,423 2,803 2,393 2,207 Contract completed ............... 165 275 242 25,931 39,272 28,005 31,310 46,621 26,691 Energy-related ................... (2) - - (2) - - (2) - - Environment-related .............. - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) Financial difficulty .. 32 40 6,237 6,079 5,637 5,684 5,069 3,720 Import competition ............... 14 16 17 3,757 2,269 3,509 3,495 3,070 3,389 Labor dispute .................... 11 9 4 6,365 2,378 1,230 5,263 1,369 816 Material shortage ................ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Model changeover ................. 3 - 4 1,655 - 2,568 2,250 - 2,022 Natural disaster ................. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Non-natural disaster ............. (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - Plant or machine repair .......... 3 (2) (2) 280 (2) (2) 310 (2) (2) Product line discontinued ........ 10 7 7 1,601 2,137 1,466 1,649 870 929 Reorganization within company .... 104 133 96 20,718 27,542 21,159 20,232 33,442 17,203 Seasonal work .................... 174 510 154 36,992 140,764 24,627 26,965 102,303 16,820 Slack work ....................... 117 108 124 16,426 17,003 14,522 20,626 21,410 15,069 Vacation period .................. 9 93 9 662 15,462 833 627 15,363 792 Weather-related .................. 344 (2) - 49,833 (2) - 45,475 (2) - Other ............................ 26 23 29 4,953 2,966 7,948 2,806 2,716 3,315 Not reported ..................... 54 64 44 10,786 16,890 5,249 10,715 16,619 5,117 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, second and third quarters, 2006 Total Percent of total initial Hispanic Persons age 55 Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over State II III II III II III II III II III II III 2006r 2006p 2006r 2006p 2006r 2006p 2006r 2006p 2006r 2006p 2006r 2006p Total, private nonfarm (1).. 1,353 836 263,787 104,458 17.6 18.7 13.6 16.7 54.2 42.7 22.2 17.6 Alabama ........................ 16 12 2,394 1,648 63.5 46.5 2.7 3.0 80.2 46.5 19.3 18.8 Alaska ......................... 10 4 1,548 358 3.3 4.7 16.7 21.8 44.0 31.0 25.1 29.3 Arizona ........................ 8 - 959 - 2.7 - 61.4 - 68.1 - 19.4 - Arkansas ....................... 3 (2) 477 (2) 17.8 25.1 2.5 9.5 62.7 42.2 19.3 13.0 California ..................... 254 209 46,369 22,949 9.8 9.3 31.2 35.1 47.0 38.5 17.6 14.1 Colorado ....................... 9 3 1,255 339 5.5 4.7 25.1 19.8 59.3 59.3 16.3 17.7 Connecticut .................... 25 9 4,397 928 11.7 14.9 9.8 18.8 67.8 47.7 23.0 19.9 Delaware ....................... (2) (2) (2) (2) 14.0 13.9 1.5 .5 19.5 18.0 15.9 14.3 District of Columbia ........... (2) - (2) - 68.3 - 6.7 - 68.3 - 20.2 - Florida ........................ 107 103 19,674 12,781 18.4 20.9 31.5 30.7 49.6 46.7 21.5 17.8 Georgia ........................ 30 14 6,365 2,097 52.4 63.4 1.6 1.3 55.6 40.9 16.5 13.1 Hawaii ......................... 9 (2) 858 (2) 3.5 11.7 21.4 19.5 48.0 23.0 24.4 7.4 Idaho .......................... 7 (2) 1,151 (2) .5 .4 29.2 38.7 65.0 57.2 32.0 26.3 Illinois ....................... 91 61 21,050 8,046 24.9 24.8 10.2 12.7 59.9 40.5 20.4 17.2 Indiana ........................ 12 12 2,539 1,648 4.5 13.5 5.6 5.6 40.9 33.0 11.2 12.6 Iowa ........................... 6 (2) 1,133 (2) 1.2 2.8 .8 1.1 64.8 70.3 28.4 12.7 Kansas ......................... 13 4 1,601 478 16.3 15.9 1.9 5.0 65.5 49.2 22.7 15.7 Kentucky ....................... 13 13 1,441 1,349 8.5 7.4 .5 .3 59.9 42.3 18.6 15.4 Louisiana ...................... 16 10 1,715 2,534 72.5 41.3 1.2 2.9 92.3 29.0 19.9 22.1 Maine .......................... 6 (2) 901 (2) .3 - - .7 37.0 8.1 21.9 16.1 Maryland ....................... 25 14 2,875 1,544 59.3 58.5 .5 .2 61.5 59.8 24.8 18.1 Massachusetts .................. 28 11 4,781 1,164 12.7 12.5 3.1 5.2 55.9 49.2 23.6 22.5 Michigan ....................... 75 41 22,248 4,737 18.3 18.7 3.0 3.4 45.1 38.3 19.5 13.7 Minnesota ...................... 24 13 2,834 1,285 8.3 3.9 6.6 1.0 41.8 32.1 21.4 20.9 Mississippi .................... 8 (2) 853 (2) 83.8 28.1 .7 2.7 80.1 58.4 12.4 13.0 Missouri ....................... 35 9 4,944 3,183 25.4 20.5 .2 1.3 75.6 31.1 25.3 13.3 Montana ........................ 6 (2) 596 (2) .2 - 1.5 2.0 45.3 4.0 31.9 10.0 Nebraska ....................... 6 (2) 631 (2) 10.6 41.4 14.3 2.0 59.0 56.6 24.6 5.1 Nevada ......................... 4 (2) 860 (2) 23.4 5.6 12.8 22.2 71.0 29.0 24.7 34.6 New Hampshire .................. 7 (2) 965 (2) 2.3 13.7 1.7 15.3 64.9 57.3 28.4 31.3 New Jersey ..................... 75 23 17,313 2,687 19.4 26.9 9.1 12.3 72.4 61.5 34.7 25.1 New Mexico ..................... 4 4 449 247 .7 .8 44.5 41.7 39.9 33.6 16.3 15.0 New York ....................... 108 73 26,422 8,844 12.7 12.8 8.8 11.5 52.1 51.0 23.7 21.8 North Carolina ................. 14 14 1,704 2,227 42.9 33.6 4.3 8.0 51.1 48.3 26.6 25.1 North Dakota ................... (2) - (2) - - - - - 13.6 - 14.8 - Ohio ........................... 56 37 8,563 5,452 19.0 13.1 3.3 2.2 49.7 32.2 16.8 19.4 Oklahoma ....................... - 4 - 614 - 13.2 - 6.5 - 44.1 - 16.9 Oregon ......................... 24 6 4,349 715 1.6 2.0 10.7 26.4 69.0 38.9 30.7 17.1 Pennsylvania ................... 85 38 18,734 5,034 9.2 12.7 3.6 2.5 54.6 43.0 31.3 23.7 Rhode Island ................... 7 (2) 1,256 (2) 4.3 1.9 10.4 5.7 78.7 98.1 30.3 34.0 South Carolina ................. 9 15 2,577 1,786 53.1 61.5 .3 .6 53.4 57.8 2.3 2.2 South Dakota ................... (2) - (2) - - - - - 79.5 - 47.7 - Tennessee ...................... 7 12 727 1,217 41.8 17.1 .3 - 47.6 39.9 24.9 31.8 Texas .......................... 29 15 6,220 2,102 19.4 12.1 44.9 44.1 48.5 48.6 14.5 17.2 Utah ........................... 9 - 1,078 - 2.1 - 7.8 - 63.3 - 12.9 - Vermont ........................ 7 (2) 1,128 (2) .7 - .4 - 42.5 54.2 17.3 20.5 Virginia ....................... 10 11 3,781 979 44.0 34.8 1.9 1.2 56.3 62.8 24.3 24.6 Washington ..................... 21 6 3,258 481 6.2 4.0 11.0 42.0 44.4 49.9 21.2 17.5 West Virginia .................. 5 4 600 281 .5 - - - 24.0 52.7 26.3 10.0 Wisconsin ...................... 24 14 6,069 1,598 11.4 3.2 4.2 2.8 52.5 45.2 29.2 20.1 Wyoming ........................ (2) - (2) - - - - - 31.7 - 2.4 - Puerto Rico .................... 8 16 3,469 3,381 (3) (3) (3) (3) 57.0 64.6 14.3 9.0 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 3 Data 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, 2005 and 2006 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Census region and division III II III III II III III II III 2005r 2006r 2006p 2005r 2006r 2006p 2005r 2006r 2006p United States (1) ..... 1,136 1,353 836 201,878 295,428 134,816 190,186 263,787 104,458 Northeast ..................... 228 348 159 31,413 68,917 22,559 37,866 75,897 19,073 New England ............... 35 80 25 4,447 16,486 5,134 4,730 13,428 2,508 Middle Atlantic ........... 193 268 134 26,966 52,431 17,425 33,136 62,469 16,565 South ......................... 567 295 245 93,901 57,765 45,206 86,573 53,216 32,464 South Atlantic ............ 137 203 176 30,134 42,813 30,977 27,641 39,389 22,445 East South Central ........ 75 44 38 16,091 7,120 6,630 13,561 5,415 4,399 West South Central ........ 355 48 31 47,676 7,832 7,599 45,371 8,412 5,620 Midwest ....................... 213 344 193 46,876 77,138 32,154 45,824 71,862 27,095 East North Central ........ 172 258 165 36,626 61,283 27,912 37,319 60,469 21,481 West North Central ........ 41 86 28 10,250 15,855 4,242 8,505 11,393 5,614 West .......................... 128 366 239 29,688 91,608 34,897 19,923 62,812 25,826 Mountain .................. 20 48 12 8,191 21,633 1,135 3,546 6,430 1,041 Pacific ................... 108 318 227 21,497 69,975 33,762 16,377 56,382 24,785 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, 2005 and 2006 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance State III II III III II III III II III 2005r 2006r 2006p 2005r 2006r 2006p 2005r 2006r 2006p Total, private nonfarm (1)... 1,136 1,353 836 201,878 295,428 134,816 190,186 263,787 104,458 Alabama ........................ 3 16 12 444 2,780 2,143 384 2,394 1,648 Alaska ......................... 3 10 4 670 4,130 2,015 756 1,548 358 Arizona ........................ 3 8 - 1,406 1,764 - 787 959 - Arkansas ....................... (2) 3 (2) (2) 472 (2) (2) 477 (2) California ..................... 87 254 209 16,921 56,377 29,692 13,199 46,369 22,949 Colorado ....................... 5 9 3 4,691 12,591 451 705 1,255 339 Connecticut .................... 9 25 9 1,386 6,984 3,078 1,181 4,397 928 Delaware ....................... - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) District of Columbia ........... (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - Florida ........................ 78 107 103 18,156 25,770 21,002 14,659 19,674 12,781 Georgia ........................ 13 30 14 1,002 4,305 2,201 2,224 6,365 2,097 Hawaii ......................... 3 9 (2) 336 1,080 (2) 359 858 (2) Idaho .......................... 7 7 (2) 1,185 1,120 (2) 1,143 1,151 (2) Illinois ....................... 75 91 61 16,862 23,798 13,052 15,347 21,050 8,046 Indiana ........................ 10 12 12 2,614 3,000 1,908 3,669 2,539 1,648 Iowa ........................... 3 6 (2) 1,510 1,440 (2) 1,713 1,133 (2) Kansas ......................... 5 13 4 548 2,213 571 500 1,601 478 Kentucky ....................... 15 13 13 2,613 1,537 1,107 1,616 1,441 1,349 Louisiana ...................... 331 16 10 44,614 2,563 3,371 41,600 1,715 2,534 Maine .......................... 3 6 (2) 207 1,645 (2) 315 901 (2) Maryland ....................... (2) 25 14 (2) 2,973 1,655 (2) 2,875 1,544 Massachusetts .................. 19 28 11 2,461 4,505 1,633 2,893 4,781 1,164 Michigan ....................... 38 75 41 7,530 15,976 5,126 8,416 22,248 4,737 Minnesota ...................... 19 24 13 5,571 2,825 1,553 4,752 2,834 1,285 Mississippi .................... 45 8 (2) 9,692 1,680 (2) 8,943 853 (2) Missouri ....................... 12 35 9 2,301 7,597 1,078 1,419 4,944 3,183 Montana ........................ (2) 6 (2) (2) 596 (2) (2) 596 (2) Nebraska ....................... (2) 6 (2) (2) 1,530 (2) (2) 631 (2) Nevada ......................... (2) 4 (2) (2) 924 (2) (2) 860 (2) New Hampshire .................. 3 7 (2) 333 958 (2) 281 965 (2) New Jersey ..................... 34 75 23 6,195 20,549 4,814 5,174 17,313 2,687 New Mexico ..................... (2) 4 4 (2) 439 247 (2) 449 247 New York ....................... 94 108 73 14,146 18,799 8,311 15,771 26,422 8,844 North Carolina ................. 20 14 14 6,460 1,350 1,812 6,907 1,704 2,227 North Dakota ................... - (2) - - (2) - - (2) - Ohio ........................... 38 56 37 7,018 12,354 6,435 7,238 8,563 5,452 Oklahoma ....................... (2) - 4 (2) - 723 (2) - 614 Oregon ......................... 6 24 6 1,653 5,042 1,276 994 4,349 715 Pennsylvania ................... 65 85 38 6,625 13,083 4,300 12,191 18,734 5,034 Rhode Island ................... (2) 7 (2) (2) 1,266 (2) (2) 1,256 (2) South Carolina ................. 10 9 15 1,408 2,444 1,815 1,779 2,577 1,786 South Dakota ................... - (2) - - (2) - - (2) - Tennessee ...................... 12 7 12 3,342 1,123 3,002 2,618 727 1,217 Texas .......................... 21 29 15 2,581 4,797 3,135 3,321 6,220 2,102 Utah ........................... (2) 9 - (2) 3,249 - (2) 1,078 - Vermont ........................ - 7 (2) - 1,128 (2) - 1,128 (2) Virginia ....................... 10 10 11 1,300 3,417 1,738 1,308 3,781 979 Washington ..................... 9 21 6 1,917 3,346 497 1,069 3,258 481 West Virginia .................. 3 5 4 1,067 741 682 435 600 281 Wisconsin ...................... 11 24 14 2,602 6,155 1,391 2,649 6,069 1,598 Wyoming ........................ - (2) - - (2) - - (2) - Puerto Rico .................... 6 8 16 480 1,914 2,368 2,105 3,469 3,381 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, 1999-2006 Information technology-producing industries (1) Year Total extended 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 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 .... 1,358 278,831 18 2,959 21 3,576 - - 22 5,295 Third quarter ..... 886 164,608 13 2,288 15 1,617 4 430 13 4,317 Fourth quarter .... 1,427 273,967 18 3,055 10 1,547 4 563 23 3,457 Total ......... 5,010 993,909 76 11,524 62 9,732 16 1,887 81 17,266 2005 First quarter ..... 1,142 186,506 13 1,526 13 2,679 4 439 17 3,569 Second quarter .... 1,203 246,099 20 2,973 17 2,106 4 842 11 1,904 Third quarter ..... 1,136 201,878 23 3,307 12 1,742 (6) (6) 11 1,127 Fourth quarter .... 1,400 250,178 19 4,122 7 1,331 (6) (6) 8 1,125 Total ......... 4,881 884,661 75 11,928 49 7,858 13 3,000 47 7,725 2006 First quarter ..... 963 (r)183,073 12 1,159 6 744 4 911 7 833 Second quarter .... (r)1,353 (r)295,428 (r)10 (r)3,294 (r)9 (r)1,723 8 988 7 (r)1,252 Third quarter(p) .. 836 134,816 13 3,035 6 452 (6) (6) 10 1,703 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. NOTE: Dash represents zero. r = revised. p = preliminary. Table 7. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Layoff events Separations Industry III II III III II III 2005 2006r 2006p 2005 2006r 2006p Total, private nonfarm (1) ................ 68 72 52 15,578 16,610 11,873 Mining ...................................... - (2) - - (2) - Utilities ................................... - - - - - - Construction ................................ - - - - - - Manufacturing ............................... 43 47 33 7,627 10,976 6,686 Food ................................... 5 7 3 929 1,905 421 Beverage and tobacco products .......... - - (2) - - (2) Textile mills .......................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Textile product mills .................. (2) (2) - (2) (2) - Apparel ................................ 3 (2) 5 370 (2) 1,205 Leather and allied products ............ - - - - - - Wood products .......................... - - (2) - - (2) Paper .................................. 4 8 - 695 1,057 - Printing and related support activities - - (2) - - (2) Petroleum and coal products ............ - - - - - - Chemicals ............................. 3 (2) (2) 563 (2) (2) Plastics and rubber products ........... (2) 3 - (2) 901 - Nonmetallic mineral products ........... - (2) - - (2) - Primary metals ......................... - (2) - - (2) - Fabricated metal products .............. 7 (2) (2) 749 (2) (2) Machinery .............................. 3 5 3 624 1,184 662 Computer and electronic products ....... 6 3 (2) 1,169 502 (2) Electrical equipment and appliances .... (2) 3 (2) (2) 356 (2) Transportation equipment ............... 7 8 6 1,665 3,453 1,365 Furniture and related products ......... - - 3 - - 828 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............ - (2) (2) - (2) (2) Wholesale trade ............................. 5 3 6 744 470 1,984 Retail trade ................................ 4 4 (2) 1,078 1,326 (2) Transportation and warehousing .............. 4 - 3 4,489 - 1,616 Information ................................. (2) 5 (2) (2) 710 (2) Finance and insurance ....................... 6 6 (2) 695 2,130 (2) Real estate and rental and leasing .......... - (2) - - (2) - Professional and technical services ......... (2) 3 - (2) 286 - Management of companies and enterprises ..... - - (2) - - (2) Administrative and waste services ........... (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) 789 Educational services ........................ - - - - - - Health care and social assistance ........... (2) - - (2) - - Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... - - (2) - - (2) Accommodation and food services ............. - - - - - - Other services, except public administration (2) - (2) (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, 2005 and 2006 Layoff events Separations Reason for layoff III II III III II III 2005 2006r 2006p 2005 2006r 2006p Total, private nonfarm(1) ..... 68 72 52 15,578 16,610 11,873 Automation ....................... - - (2) - - (2) Bankruptcy ....................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Business ownership change ........ (2) 8 (2) (2) 1,281 (2) Contract cancellation ............ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Contract completed ............... (2) (2) - (2) (2) - Energy-related ................... - - - - - - Environment-related .............. - - - - - - Financial difficulty ............. 6 6 5 791 834 913 Import competition ............... 6 3 5 1,264 885 998 Labor dispute .................... (2) (2) - (2) (2) - Material shortage ................ (2) - - (2) - - Model changeover ................. - - - - - - Natural disaster ................. - - - - - - Non-natural disaster ............. - (2) - - (2) - Plant or machine repair .......... - - - - - - Product line discontinued ........ 5 (2) (2) 481 (2) (2) Reorganization within company .... 39 44 25 7,714 10,687 6,645 Seasonal work .................... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Slack work ....................... (2) - (2) (2) - (2) Vacation period .................. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Weather-related .................. - - - - - - Other ............................ (2) 3 5 (2) 380 426 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, 2005 and 2006 Layoff events Separations Census region and division III II III III II III 2005 2006r 2006p 2005 2006r 2006p United States(1) .. 68 72 52 15,578 16,610 11,873 Northeast ................. 10 10 11 1,651 1,527 2,313 New England ........... 5 (2) 4 653 (2) 1,156 Middle Atlantic ....... 5 (2) 7 998 (2) 1,157 South ..................... 22 19 23 4,042 4,585 4,953 South Atlantic ........ (2) 11 15 (2) 3,457 2,920 East South Central .... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) West South Central .... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Midwest ................... 17 24 12 7,347 5,823 2,910 East North Central .... 14 16 9 3,551 2,358 2,593 West North Central .... 3 8 3 3,796 3,465 317 West ...................... 19 19 6 2,538 4,675 1,697 Mountain .............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Pacific ............... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (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, Massa chusetts, 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 10. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Layoff events Separations Action III II III III II III 2005 2006r 2006p 2005 2006r 2006p Total, private nonfarm (1) ......... 1,136 1,353 836 201,878 295,428 134,816 Total, excluding seasonal and vacation events (2) ........ 953 750 673 164,224 139,202 109,356 Total, movement of work (3) ..... 68 72 52 15,578 16,610 11,873 Movement of work actions ..... 83 103 66 (4) (4) (4) With separations reported .. 62 66 44 8,035 9,674 6,026 With separations unknown ... 21 37 22 (4) (4) (4) 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 The question 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, 2005 and 2006 Actions (1) Separations Activities III II III III II III 2005 2006r 2006p 2005 2006r 2006p With separations reported (2) . 62 66 44 8,035 9,674 6,026 By location Out-of-country relocations .. 20 23 10 2,702 3,033 1,842 Within company .......... 15 21 7 2,137 2,912 801 Different company ....... 5 2 3 565 121 1,041 Domestic relocations ........ 42 43 34 5,333 6,641 4,184 Within company .......... 32 35 28 3,075 5,823 3,455 Different company ....... 10 8 6 2,258 818 729 Unable to assign place of relocation ............... - - - - - - By company Within company .............. 47 56 35 5,212 8,735 4,256 Domestic ................ 32 35 28 3,075 5,823 3,455 Out of country .......... 15 21 7 2,137 2,912 801 Unable to assign ........ - - - - - - Different company ........... 15 10 9 2,823 939 1,770 Domestic ................ 10 8 6 2,258 818 729 Out of country .......... 5 2 3 565 121 1,041 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.