October 1997 — 1998-01-23

month, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor's initial claimants for unemployment insurance was about the same as a year The monthly series in this release covers mass layoffs of 50 or more workers beginning in a given month, regardless of the duration of the layoffs. Information on the length of the layoff is obtained later and issued in a quarterly release that reports on mass layoffs lasting more less, the sum of the figures for the 3 months in a quarter will be higher than the quarterly figure for mass layoffs of more than 30 days. For percent of all mass layoffs in the July-September period lasted for more than a month. (See table 1.) In all quarters for which data are all mass layoff events and 33 percent of all initial claims filed. (See and motion pictures).