Challenger Job-Cut Report Released On 7/3/2014 7:30:00 AM For Jun, 2014 Prior Actual Announced Layoffs - Level 52,961 31,434 Highlights Unemployment claims have been trending lower, what is improvement in the labor market and echoed in Challenger's layoff count which, for June, is at the lowest level of the year, at 31,434 vs 52,961 in May and compared with 39,372 in June last year. Entertainment & leisure suffered the most layoff announcements in June tied to casino cutbacks in New Jersey. Transportation was the next highest followed by health care.
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