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Volume 6,
No.2 |
MASS LAYOFF STATISTICS IN ILLINOIS DURING THE 2ND QUARTER OF 2000 During April to June 2000, there were a total of 120 mass layoffs in Illinois resulting in 45,213 separations. By comparison, during the 2nd quarter of 1999, there were 107 layoffs and 31,635 separations reported. The largest percentage
of separations in the 2nd quarter of 2000 (40 percent)
was in the All Other layoffs category that includes temporary employees
separated after completing work on Census 2000. Government had of all
separations, the largest share among all major industries, again, resulting
from the completion of Census 2000 work. Among all employers reporting layoffs, 68 percent indicated that they would recall at least half of their displaced workers within six months. There were no recall plans for 22,964 workers or 51 percent of all those separated during the 2nd quarter 2000 (these included temporary Census workers).
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ILLINOIS
MASS LAYOFFS DURING THE 1ST QUARTER 2000 -
BY PRIMARY REASON
| LAYOFFS | WORKERS SEPARATED | |||
| PRIMARY REASONS | # | % | # | % |
| TOTALS | 102 | 100% | 45,213 | 100% |
| All Other | 9 | 9% | 18,071 | 40% |
| Seasonal | 43 | 42% | 14,434 | 32% |
| Contract Completed | 20 | 20% | 5,565 | 12% |
| Reorganization | 13 | 13% | 3,442 | 8% |
| Slack Work | 8 | 8% | 1,435 | 3% |
| Bankruptcy | 4 | 4% | 1,400 | 3% |
| Financial Difficulty | 5 | 5% | 866 | 2% |
*Data may not add to 100% due to rounding
Primary reason categories with fewer
than three layoff events are included in the "all other" category
to avoid potential disclosure of individual employers.
# of
Total
Layoffs
Workers
Separated
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Mass Layoff Statistics is a State-Federal cooperative statistical program
designed to identify, describe, and track large job cutbacks. The program
relies on establishment and unemployment claims data from State Unemployment
Insurance (UI) systems, as well as, information from employer interviews.Establishments
that have 50 or more initial UI claims filed against them within a five
consecutive week period are identified as having potential mass layoffs.
Once identified, employers are interviewed by phone or sent a survey form
to determine the size and duration of the layoffs. Mass layoffs are defined
as layoffs involving at least 50 separations and lasting more than 30
days.
Interested
in obtaining layoff data not presented here? Please contact: [LMR
homepage | LMI Source homepage | e-mail us]
2nd Quarter 2000
Establishments w/Layoffs
INDUSTRY
#
%
#
%
TOTALS
102
102
100%
45,213
100%
Agriculture
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Mining
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Construction
10
10
10%
1,970
4%
Manufacturing
25
25
25%
5,114
11%
Non-Durable
Goods
10
10
10%
1,753
4%
Durable
Goods
15
15
15%
3,361
7%
TCPU*
7
7
7%
3,713
8%
TRADE
15
15
15%
6,200
14%
FIRE**
5
5
5%
980
2%
Services
30
30
29%
7,446
16%
Total
Government
8
8
8%
19,445
43%
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TCPU= Transportation, Communications, Public Utilities
**FIRE= Finance, Insurance, Real Estate
***Data suppressed to avoid identification of individual firms; does not
meet state disclosure standards.
What
Is Mass Layoff Statistics?
Please keep in mind that, by law, we are not permitted to disclose the
names of employers who have had mass layoffs. We can only provide summary
layoff data by industry, geographic area, or displaced worker.
Rich Reinhold
Phone: (312) 793-5896
FAX: (312)793-2192
E-Mail RReinho@ides.state.il.us
last updated: May 1, 2001