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Month | Mass layoff events |
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Oct 2009 | 1,969 |
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 |
One-fourth (344) of the mass layoffs in October occurred in the manufacturing sector, which resulted in 42,946 initial claims for unemployment insurance (seasonally adjusted).
Over the year, the number of average weekly mass layoff events for October increased by 11 to 286, and associated average weekly initial claims increased by 3,228 to 27,457. Eleven of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year increases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest increase occurring in manufacturing.
These data are from the Mass Layoff Statistics program. To learn more, see "Mass Layoffs — October 2012" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-12-2292. 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 October 2012 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2012/ted_20121127.htm (visited November 07, 2024).