01 May Job cuts rise in April to 40,298 on Retail, Financial
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01 May 2014 April Job Cut Report: Job Cuts Rise 17% to 40,298
EMPLOYERS ANNOUNCE 40,298 JOB CUTS; 2014 PACE STILL LOWEST SINCE 1997 Job cut announcements by U.S.-based firms were up 17 percent in April, as employers in retail and financial services continued to shed workers in a challenging business environment. Employers announced plans to shed 40,298...
03 Apr 2014 March Job Cut Report: 34,399 Cuts Close Lowest Q1 in Nearly 20 Years
New figures released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. show employers announced the fewest first-quarter job cuts in 19 years, providing further evidence that the economy continues to gain strength as it enters the sixth year of recovery. The first...
06 Mar 2014 February Job Cut Report: Announced Layoffs Fall to 41,835
The pace of downsizing declined slightly in the second month of the new year, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to cut payrolls by 41,835 in February. The February total was 7.3 percent lower than the 45,107 job cuts employers announced to kick off 2014,...
06 Feb 2014 January Job Cut Report: Planned Cuts Surge 50 Percent
After falling to a 13-year low in December, monthly job cuts surged nearly 50 percent to kick off 2014, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to reduce their payrolls by 45,107 in January, according to the latest report on monthly job cuts released Thursday by global...
04 Feb 2013 Tech Report: Tech Sheds 11% of All Job Cuts
After climbing to a three-year high in 2012, planned job cuts announced by firms in the technology sector declined by 32 percent in 2013 as employers focused on hiring in several growing areas, including big data, cloud computing and security, according to a semi-annual report...
09 Jan 2013 December Job Cut Report: Fewest Layoff Announcements Since 1997
Announced job cuts fell to the lowest level of the year in December as U.S.-based employers reported plans to reduce payrolls by 30,623 during the month. That was down 32 percent from a November total of 45,314. For the year, job cuts were...
05 Dec 2013 November Job Cut Report: Over 45K Job Cuts; Retail, Aerospace/Defense Lead
Job cuts were virtually unchanged in November, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to shed 45,314 workers from their payrolls. That marks a decline of just 0.9 percent from the 45,730 planned job cuts announced in October, according to the latest report on monthly job...
06 Nov 2013 October Job Cut Report: Planned Layoffs Remain Flat at 45,730
The pace of downsizing remained relatively flat in October, as the nation’s employers announced plans to cut 45,730 jobs from their payrolls during the month. That was up 13.5 percent from 40,289 job cuts recorded in September, according to the latest report on monthly...
03 Oct 2013 September Job Cut Report: Planned Layoffs Total 40,289
Job Cuts Decline From 6-Month High Published OCTOBER 3, 2013 Planned job cuts fell to their lowest level in three months, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to reduce payrolls by 40,289 in September. That was down 20 percent from August, when job cuts reached a six-month high of...