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Employers took 1,199 mass layoff actions in April involving 116,849 workers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month (seasonally adjusted). The number of mass layoff events decreased by 138 from March, and the number of associated initial claims decreased by 11,090.
Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted, April 2010–April 2013
Month
Mass layoff events
Apr 2010
1,622
May 2010
1,585
Jun 2010
1,701
Jul 2010
1,521
Aug 2010
1,612
Sep 2010
1,526
Oct 2010
1,661
Nov 2010
1,584
Dec 2010
1,476
Jan 2011
1,522
Feb 2011
1,456
Mar 2011
1,307
Apr 2011
1,526
May 2011
1,573
Jun 2011
1,522
Jul 2011
1,566
Aug 2011
1,585
Sep 2011
1,463
Oct 2011
1,349
Nov 2011
1,312
Dec 2011
1,392
Jan 2012
1,435
Feb 2012
1,275
Mar 2012
1,290
Apr 2012
1,403
May 2012
1,370
Jun 2012
1,320
Jul 2012
1,354
Aug 2012
1,297
Sep 2012
1,346
Oct 2012
1,400
Nov 2012
1,749
Dec 2012
1,509
Jan 2013
1,328
Feb 2013
1,422
Mar 2013
1,337
Apr 2013
1,199
The manufacturing sector accounted for 22 percent of mass layoff events and associated initial claims in the private economy in April (not seasonally adjusted). Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff claimants were highest in food and in machinery. Nine of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims.
These data are from the Mass Layoff Statistics program. To learn more, see “Mass Layoffs — April 2013” (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑13‑0990. Each mass layoff event involved at least 50 workers from a single employer.
United States Department of Labor
