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    • Mass Layoff Statistics

    Metadata Updated: May 16, 2022

    The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program collects reports on mass layoff actions that result in workers being separated from their jobs. Monthly mass layoff numbers are from establishments which have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) filed against them during a 5-week period. Extended mass layoff numbers (issued quarterly) are from a subset of such establishments—where private sector nonfarm employers indicate that 50 or more workers were separated from their jobs for at least 31 days.

    MLS was eliminated in 2013 under sequestration. For more information and data visit: https://www.bls.gov/mls/

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    Metadata Created Date May 16, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 16, 2022

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    Harvested from BLS Data

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 16, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 16, 2022
    Publisher Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Maintainer
    Identifier DOL-BLS-3070-01
    Data First Published 2013-06-13
    Data Last Modified 2019
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 012:20
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary http://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ml/ml.txt
    Harvest Object Id c4b64bff-80d2-492d-94c6-7b0571ab0e0a
    Harvest Source Id 2762624f-7498-4ed8-a1cf-1c010ca6b6ea
    Harvest Source Title BLS Data
    Homepage URL https://www.bls.gov/mls/
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 012:031
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Department of Labor > Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 10c0dedf48da99b2f616ca862bf73433f29e2313
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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