Extended Mass Layoffs (Quarterly) News Release — 2011-08-10

(NOTE: This release was reissued on Friday, August 12, 2011, to correct separations data for Arizona, the West region, and total nonfarm sector. Corrections can be found in the text and tables A, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12 and 13.) Employers in the private nonfarm sector initiated 1,624 mass layoff events in the second quarter of 2011 that resulted in the separation of 261,346 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Total extended mass layoff events decreased over the year from 2,008 to 1,624, and associated worker separations fell from 381,622 to 261,346. Both events and separations have decreased over the year for seven consecutive quarters. (See table A.) Second quarter 2011 layoff data are preliminary and are subject to revision. (See the Technical Note.) Both events and separations in the manufacturing sector declined to series� lows during the second quarter of 2011.