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Mass layoff data indicate outsourcing and offshoring work.

The article focuses on the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It presents a description of the MLS program and cites the kind of information it collects. It presents the definition of outsourcing and offshoring used by the BLS in examining the movement...

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Publicado en:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 128; no. 8; pp. 3 - 11
Autores principales: Brown, Sharon P., Slegel, Lewis B.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: US Department of Labor Aug2005
Materias:
United States
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dismissal of employees
Statistics on the working class
Statistics
Contracting out
Offshore outsourcing
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Sumario:The article focuses on the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It presents a description of the MLS program and cites the kind of information it collects. It presents the definition of outsourcing and offshoring used by the BLS in examining the movement of work within and from the U.S. It summarizes and interprets MLS statistics collected since the second quarter of 1995. Finally, it cites the ways through which the BLS continues to collect movement-of-work data.