What industry classification system does the MLS program use?
Beginning with the release of 2008 data, the Mass Layoff Statistics program implemented the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry from that of the 2002 NAICS basis. A complete list of NAICS 2007 industries with further information on the changes associated with moving from the 2002 NAICS is available on the Census Bureau´s NAICS page, which can be accessed at www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html. Data using NAICS is available from April 1995 to the present for both mass layoff and extended mass layoff data. Prior to implementing NAICS in 2002, the MLS program used the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) structure. SIC-based data are available from April 1995 through the end of 2001. Further information about the MLS program´s implementation of NAICS 2007 can be accessed at www.bls.gov/mls/mls2007naics.htm.
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