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On a seasonally un-adjusted basis, the mass layoff events totaled 1428 with 125,024 initial claimants.
The BLS considers a mass layoff event to be a condition where there are at least fifty initial claims for unemployment insurance originating from a single employer over a period of five consecutive weeks.