• U.S. and Connecticut Mass Layoffs – January 2013

Connecticut employers took 11 mass layoff actions in January involving 771 workers, nsa, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month.

Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a single employer.

There were 8 Connecticut mass layoff events in the same month a year ago, and the number of associated initial claims was 547.

Nationally, employers took 1,528 mass layoff actions involving 144,517 workers, nsa.

U.S. mass layoff events in the latest month decreased by 177 from the same month a year ago, but the number of associated initial claims increased by 2,814.

Source: USDOL-BLS