Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) for Alaska

Due to 2013 federal sequestration budget reductions, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has eliminated the Mass Layoffs Statistics program effective June 30. This halts Alaska’s collection and publication of 2013 layoff data, but data for 2007 through 2012 will remain on the web page.

Confirmed Layoff Events by Major Industry Category
Private Industry, 2012
Major Industry Category Number of Establishments Number of Layoff Events Total Separations Total Initial Claims
Total, private 23 35 12,462 8,078
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting - - - -
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction * * * *
Utilities - - - -
Construction 4 4 1,030 648
Manufacturing 7 14 4,802 4,572
Wholesale trade - - - -
Retail trade - - - -
Transportation and warehousing * * * *
Information - - - -
Finance and insurance - - - -
Real estate and rental and leasing * * * *
Professional and technical services - - - -
Management of companies and enterprises - - - -
Administrative and waste services * * * *
Educational services - - - -
Health care and social assistance - - - -
Arts, entertainment, and recreation * * * *
Accommodation and food services * * * *
Other services, except public administration * * * *
All Other Industries 1 12 17 6,630 2,858

Footnotes:

1/ Summary data for all suppressed data which are subject to confidentiality criteria.

* Suppressed due to confidentiality.

(-) Indicates no events for that industry category

Last Update: March 2013

Reason Provided by Establishment for Layoff
Private Industry - Alaska, 2012

Reason Category Number of Events Percent of All Events
Business Demand 617.6
Disaster/Safety - -
Financial3 8.8
Organizational- -
Production- -
Seasonal2573.5
Other/Miscellaneous- -
None- -
Total34100.0

Footnotes:

(-) Indicates no events for that reason category

Business Demand includes: 1) Contract cancellation 2) Contract completion 3) Domestic competition 4) Excess inventory/saturated marketplace 5)Import/foreign competition 6) Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown

Disaster/Safety includes: 1) Hazardous work environment 2) Natural disaster (not weather related) 3) Non-natural disaster 4) Extreme weather-related event

Financial includes: 1) Bankruptcy 2) Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability 3) Financial difficulty

Organizational includes: 1) Business-ownership change 2) Reorganization or restructuring of company

Production includes: 1) Automation/technological advances 2) Energy related 3) Governmental regulations/intervention 4) Labor dispute/contract negotiations 5) Material or supply shortage 6) Model changeover 7) Plant or machine repair/maintenance 8) Product line discontinued

Seasonal includes: 1) Seasonal 2) Vacation

Other/Miscellaneous includes: 1) Other 2) Data not provided:refusal 3) Data not provided; does not know

Last Update: March 2013