Friday, July 30, 2004
Tweet[IWS] BLS: WORKER DISPLACEMENT, 2001-2003 [30 July 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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WORKER DISPLACEMENT, 2001-2003 [30 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/disp.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/disp.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
During the January 2001 through December 2003 period, 5.3 million
workers were displaced from jobs they had held for at least 3 years, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
The number of displaced workers increased from 4.0 million in the previous
survey that covered the period from January 1999 through December 2001.
Since 1984, the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S.
Department of Labor has sponsored surveys that collect information on
workers who were displaced from their jobs. These surveys have been
conducted biennially as supplements to the Current Population Survey
(CPS), a monthly survey of households that is the primary source of
information on the nation's labor force.
Displaced workers are defined as persons 20 years of age and older who
lost or left jobs because their plant or company closed or moved, there was
insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift was abolished.
The period covered in this study was 2001-03, the 3 calendar years prior to
the January 2004 survey date. The following analysis focuses primarily on
the 5.3 million persons who had worked for their employer for 3 or more
years at the time of displacement (referred to as long-tenured). An
additional 6.1 million persons were displaced from jobs they had held for
less than 3 years (referred to as short-tenured). Combining the short- and
long-tenured groups, the number of displaced workers totaled 11.4 million,
up from 10.1 million (as revised) in the prior survey. (See Technical Note.)
Results from the January 2004 survey included the following highlights:
-- About 65 percent of the long-tenured displaced were reemployed at the
time of the survey.
-- Forty-three percent of long-tenured displaced workers cited plant or
company closings or moves as the reason for their displacement.
-- Forty-three percent of displaced workers who had worked for their
employer for 3 or more years had received written advance notification
that their jobs would be terminated. Those who had received advance
notice, however, were no more likely to be reemployed in January 2004
than were those who had not been notified.
-- Nearly one-third of long-tenured displaced workers lost jobs in
manufacturing.
-- Fifty-seven percent of long-tenured workers who were displaced from
full-time wage and salary jobs and who were reemployed in such jobs
had earnings that were lower than those on the lost job. About
one-third experienced earnings losses of 20 percent or more.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
WORKER DISPLACEMENT, 2001-2003 [30 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/disp.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/disp.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
During the January 2001 through December 2003 period, 5.3 million
workers were displaced from jobs they had held for at least 3 years, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
The number of displaced workers increased from 4.0 million in the previous
survey that covered the period from January 1999 through December 2001.
Since 1984, the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S.
Department of Labor has sponsored surveys that collect information on
workers who were displaced from their jobs. These surveys have been
conducted biennially as supplements to the Current Population Survey
(CPS), a monthly survey of households that is the primary source of
information on the nation's labor force.
Displaced workers are defined as persons 20 years of age and older who
lost or left jobs because their plant or company closed or moved, there was
insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift was abolished.
The period covered in this study was 2001-03, the 3 calendar years prior to
the January 2004 survey date. The following analysis focuses primarily on
the 5.3 million persons who had worked for their employer for 3 or more
years at the time of displacement (referred to as long-tenured). An
additional 6.1 million persons were displaced from jobs they had held for
less than 3 years (referred to as short-tenured). Combining the short- and
long-tenured groups, the number of displaced workers totaled 11.4 million,
up from 10.1 million (as revised) in the prior survey. (See Technical Note.)
Results from the January 2004 survey included the following highlights:
-- About 65 percent of the long-tenured displaced were reemployed at the
time of the survey.
-- Forty-three percent of long-tenured displaced workers cited plant or
company closings or moves as the reason for their displacement.
-- Forty-three percent of displaced workers who had worked for their
employer for 3 or more years had received written advance notification
that their jobs would be terminated. Those who had received advance
notice, however, were no more likely to be reemployed in January 2004
than were those who had not been notified.
-- Nearly one-third of long-tenured displaced workers lost jobs in
manufacturing.
-- Fifty-seven percent of long-tenured workers who were displaced from
full-time wage and salary jobs and who were reemployed in such jobs
had earnings that were lower than those on the lost job. About
one-third experienced earnings losses of 20 percent or more.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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