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Layoffs Rise over The same period last year

Job cuts announced by U.S.-based employers surged 292% from February’s total of 56,660 to 222,288 in March. March was the first month to report job cut announcements specifically due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Thursday from global outplacement and business and...

Initial weekly jobless claims soared to 3.3 million, only a few weeks after a historic low of 200,000. This highlights the whiplash workers and HR professionals are experiencing as the labor market transitions from one of the tightest on record to a likely recession. Despite...

Read Article “Those who work in essential positions are no doubt feeling heightening anxiety as the outbreak continues,'' says Andrew Challenger, vice president of outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. "Companies are changing shifts so that fewer people are working together. Some companies are offering...

Global outplacement and executive and business coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. has tracked over 9,000 job cut announcements due to the COVID-19 outbreak. These are confirmed cuts from individual companies. Challenger tracks job cut announcements using media reports, company announcements, state WARN reports,...

COVID-19 HAS CAUSED EMPLOYERS TO ANNOUNCE 3,634 JOB CUTS More announcements in Entertainment/Leisure have pushed job cuts due to the COVID-19 outbreak to 3,634, according to global outplacement and executive and business coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. "We are certainly beginning to see the cracks...

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