September Mass Layoffs Report
October 22, 2009 · Publius · Print This Article
Courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://bls.gov
Did you like this? If so, please bookmark it,In September, employers took 2,561 mass layoff actions
involving 248,006 workers. Mass layoff events decreased by
129 and associated initial claims by 11,301 from August.
Year-to-date events and initial claims reached new program
highs at 23,745 and 2,410,208, respectively.The national unemployment rate was 9.8 percent in September 2009, seasonally adjusted, little changed from 9.7 percent the prior month and up from 6.2 percent a year earlier. In September, total nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 263,000 over the month and by 5,785,000 from a year earlier.
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