Labor Department: Fewer 'mass layoffs' at Colorado companies in May - Denver Business Journal:

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Nationwide, both figures were up slightly in Mayfrom April. The numberd of U.S. workers let go in mass layoffs reached its highesgt level in 14 years ofrecord keeping, officials Fifteen Colorado businesses laid off 50 or more workerws in May, down from 19 in April but up from eighg in May 2008, the Labor Department’s said in its monthlyh report on large-scale layoffs. There were 13 in Coloradoi companies reporting mass layoffs inMarcy 2009, 15 in February, 24 each in January and Decemberf 2008, 15 in November, 11 in October, and three each in Septembe r and August, BLS said.
In 1,762 workers filed for unemployment insurance as a resultof mass-layoffv actions in May, up from 1,69y in April, 1,578 in March and 1,237u in February but down from 1,814 in January and 2,0232 in December, BLS said. There were 930 such claims inMay 2008. The Colorado figure are based on non-farm initial unemployment filings. Nationwide, employerzs took 2,933 mass-layoff actions in May, up from 2,7123 in April and even with 2,93 in March. Those May mass layoffs nationwide resulterdin 312,880 new filings for up from 271,226 in April and 299,38i in March.
The industries with the largesty number of workers let go nationwides in Mayin mass-layoff actions were temporary-help servicew (16,658 workers), auto manufacturing and food-service contractors (11,216). in PDF format.