Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, third quarters 2008 and 2009

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Mass Layoff Statistics

Table 2. Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, third quarters 2009 and 2010 (1)
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total business process	Core processes						Support processes
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total business process	Strat. Mgmt.	Procurement, logistics, distribution	Ops.	Product development	Marketing, sales, account management	Customer and after-sales service	General managment and firm infra-structure	Human resource management	Technology and process development
Third quarter 2010 (p)
Total business process	1,297	1,498	11	103	958	45	48	96	173	44	20
Business demand	468	630	5	36	430	21	13	38	58	21	8
Contract cancellation	32	47		3	31	2		1	8	2
Contract completion	235	278	1	10	219	5	5	16	11	7	4
Domestic competition
Excess inventory/ saturated market	3	4			3				1
Import competition
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	198	301	4	23	177	14	8	21	38	12	4
Organizational changes	72	159	3	14	60	10	9	14	34	9	6
Business- ownership change	16	40	1	4	13	3	3	2	10	3	1
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	56	119	2	10	47	7	6	12	24	6	5
Financial issues	105	222	3	24	93	5	15	20	45	11	6
Bankruptcy	13	31	2	4	11	1	1	3	6	2	1
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	60	140	1	16	54	3	12	12	30	7	5
Financial difficulty	32	51		4	28	1	2	5	9	2
Production specific	(2)	32		4	14	3	2	3	4	2
Disaster/Safety	(2)	1			1
Seasonal	364	431		25	348	6	8	16	27	1
Other/ Miscellaneous	270	23			12		1	5	5
Third quarter 2009 (r)
Total business process	2,034	2,386	(3)	180	1,472	59	77	96	337	91	74
Business demand	941	1,331	(3)	87	900	24	33	40	163	42	42
Contract cancellation	48	71	(3)	3	43	2	3	4	10	2	4
Contract completion	283	331	(3)	15	276	1	4	4	25	4	2
Domestic competition	4	5	(3)		4				1
Excess inventory/ saturated market	17	28	(3)	5	16	3	3		1
Import competition	3	3	(3)		3
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	586	893	(3)	64	558	18	23	32	126	36	36
Organizational changes	113	248	(3)	25	91	6	12	21	58	22	13
Business- ownership change	21	55	(3)	7	20	1	3	6	11	5	2
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	92	193	(3)	18	71	5	9	15	47	17	11
Financial issues	172	351	(3)	35	160	18	18	18	67	20	15
Bankruptcy	19	39	(3)	3	19		1	2	9	4	1
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	99	202	(3)	21	91	14	12	11	37	10	6
Financial difficulty	54	110	(3)	11	50	4	5	5	21	6	8
Production specific	15	37	(3)	3	15	2	3	2	9	1	2
Disaster/Safety	4	6	(3)		4	1			1
Seasonal	286	350	(3)	24	271	7	8	9	28	3
Other/ Miscellaneous	503	63	(3)	6	31	1	3	6	11	3	2
(1) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. (2) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. (3) Identification of data by this business process began with first quarter 2010 data. ^r = revised. ^p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.