U.S. Mass Layoffs - April 2012

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Nationally, employers took 1,421 mass layoff actions in April involving 146,358 workers, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, not seasonally adjusted. Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a single employer. In April 2011 employers undertook 1,750 mass layoffs affecting 189,919 employees. Click on chart to enlarge: Mass layoff events in April increased by 296 from March, while the number of associated initial claims increased by 28,541. In the northeast [New Jersey and Pennsylvania north to Maine] employers took 363 mass layoff actions in April involving 48,882 workers, not seasonally adjusted. The number of layoffs was down 39 and the number of workers affected down 5,247 as compared to the same month in 2011 Connecticut employers took six mass layoffs, down from 10 in April of 2011; the number of workers affected was 530 as compared to 1,056 a year ago. USDOL

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