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Mass Layoff Events, Separations, and Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance by Primary Reason for Separation, Maine, 2005 and 2004
	Source: Maine Department of Labor, Division of Labor Market Information Services, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Primary Reason for Separation		2005								2004
Primary Reason for Separation		Establishments with Layoffs		Layoff Events¹		Separations		Initial Claims		Establishments with Layoffs		Layoff Events¹		Separations		Initial Claims

	Total²	105		124		13,498		7,015		73		86		10,077		7,056
	Business Ownership Change	3		3		151		141		0		0		0		0
	Contract Completed	4		8		920		357		6		12		1,700		1,326
	Financial Difficulty	6		6		525		232		0		0		0		0
	Product Line Discontinued	0		0		0		0		3		3		135		140
	Reorganization within the Company	5		5		685		446		6		6		467		363
	Seasonal	66		77		9,940		4,332		37		42		6,272		3,661
	Slack Work	12		16		897		1,209		8		9		298		479
	Other³	9		9		380		298		13		14		1,205		1,087

¹A mass layoff event occurs when 20 or more workers are laid off for more than 30 days.
²Establishments with layoffs by reason will not add to the total due to some companies having several events with different reasons.
³Other reasons include bankruptcy, contract cancellation, domestic relocation, environment-related, import competition, material shortage, model changeover, overseas relocation, plant or machine repair, weather related, data not provided (refusal and does not know).