KONTAN.CO.ID - WASHINGTON. Layoffs by U.S. companies over January and February touched the highest since 2009, with the tech sector accounting for more than a third of the over 180,000 job cuts announced, a report showed on Thursday. In February alone, layoffs in the United States stood at 77,770, more than five times higher than the 15,245 job cuts announced a year earlier, according to the report from employment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose 21,000 in the week ended March 4, the Labor Department said - the biggest increase in five months.
U.S. Job Cuts Over January-February Hit Highest Since 2009
KONTAN.CO.ID - WASHINGTON. Layoffs by U.S. companies over January and February touched the highest since 2009, with the tech sector accounting for more than a third of the over 180,000 job cuts announced, a report showed on Thursday. In February alone, layoffs in the United States stood at 77,770, more than five times higher than the 15,245 job cuts announced a year earlier, according to the report from employment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose 21,000 in the week ended March 4, the Labor Department said - the biggest increase in five months.