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Employers took 1,759 mass layoff actions in November involving 173,558 workers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month. Mass layoff events increased by 399 from October, and the number of associated initial claims increased by 42,385. Mass layoff data for November reflect the impact of Hurricane Sandy on workers in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Month | Mass layoff events |
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Nov 2009 | 1,757 |
Dec 2009 | 1,719 |
Jan 2010 | 1,707 |
Feb 2010 | 1,631 |
Mar 2010 | 1,676 |
Apr 2010 | 1,637 |
May 2010 | 1,608 |
Jun 2010 | 1,695 |
Jul 2010 | 1,519 |
Aug 2010 | 1,588 |
Sep 2010 | 1,510 |
Oct 2010 | 1,654 |
Nov 2010 | 1,592 |
Dec 2010 | 1,477 |
Jan 2011 | 1,536 |
Feb 2011 | 1,434 |
Mar 2011 | 1,275 |
Apr 2011 | 1,548 |
May 2011 | 1,600 |
Jun 2011 | 1,513 |
Jul 2011 | 1,562 |
Aug 2011 | 1,551 |
Sep 2011 | 1,447 |
Oct 2011 | 1,335 |
Nov 2011 | 1,332 |
Dec 2011 | 1,384 |
Jan 2012 | 1,434 |
Feb 2012 | 1,293 |
Mar 2012 | 1,273 |
Apr 2012 | 1,388 |
May 2012 | 1,380 |
Jun 2012 | 1,317 |
Jul 2012 | 1,340 |
Aug 2012 | 1,267 |
Sep 2012 | 1,316 |
Oct 2012 | 1,360 |
Nov 2012 | 1,759 |
In November, the manufacturing sector accounted for 25 percent of mass layoff events and 30 percent of associated initial claims in the private economy. Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff claimants were highest in food and in machinery. Fifteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year increases in average weekly initial claims.
These data are from the Mass Layoff Statistics program. To learn more, see "Mass Layoffs — November 2012" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-12-2461. Each mass layoff event involves at least 50 persons from a single employer.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Mass layoffs in November 2012 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2012/ted_20121228.htm (visited October 31, 2024).