Planned job cuts announced by US employers declined in December to 41,785, the lowest monthly total since June, says a report by global outplacement company Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Companies announced plans to reduce payrolls by only 42,090 last month, 77 per cent lower than 1,86,350 job cuts announced in February 2009, according to a job cut report by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The report, however, said that the increase in layoffs should not be seen as a sign of 'recession relapse'.
While the job cuts in March is 61 per cent higher than the layoffs announced in February, the overall pace of downsizing is well below last year's levels, the latest report on monthly job cuts by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc has said.
Job cuts announced by US employers jumped 31 per cent in July to over 97,000, increasing for the first time in six months, warning of a further hike in downsizing activity by the last quarter of the year, a report said on Wednesday.
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