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BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1997

RELEASED TODAY:  In April through June of 1997, there were 1,301 mass
layoff actions by employers, resulting in the separation of 274,712
workers from their jobs for more than 30 days ....In the same period a
year earlier, employers reported that they had laid off 251,617 workers
in 1,345 extended layoff events.  "Seasonal work" was the major reason
cited for the second-quarter 1997 layoffs and accounted for 47 percent
of the events and 52 percent of the separations.  "Contract =
completion,"
"financial difficulty," and "reorganization within the company" =
together
accounted for 26 percent of the events and 28 percent of the =
separations
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__Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Katharine Abraham prepares to
leave her post as head of the Labor Department's main data agency
because the Senate has not confirmed her for a second four-year term,
according to Labor Department sources.  President Clinton "continues to
support her nomination," says Barry Toiv, deputy White House press
secretary.  "We hope she is confirmed by the Senate," he says ....As of
Oct. 8, William Barron Jr. will be acting BLS commissioner, a post he
held prior to Abraham's appointment ....A DOL    spokesman said that
because there is "no holdover provision" pertaining to Abraham's
appointment, the commissioner "therefore, cannot continue to serve as
BLS commissioner until she is confirmed by the Senate."  The DOL
spokesman said that "until she is confirmed, she will serve as a senior
consultant at the Department of Commerce" ...."The initial problem is
the administration sent up her nomination late," said Joe Karpinski,
communications director for the Senate Labor and Human Resources
Committee.  When asked if members opposed her nomination, Karpinski
said:  "I'm not sure our members are focused on it.  We really have not
been in a position to see what our members think."  Abraham declined to
comment (Daily Labor Report, page A-7).
__Katharine G. Abraham spent her last day as commissioner of labor
statistics packing up and moving out of her office yesterday, because
the Senate has not confirmed her reappointment.  Unlike most other
senior federal positions, the head of BLS serves a set four-year term
and is not allowed to remain in the job pending confirmation.  She had
to vacate her office because she is no longer authorized to have access
to sensitive data, such as the monthly unemployment figures, prior to
their public release.  The White House sent Abraham's nomination  to =
the
Senate Labor Committee only last month.  A committee spokesman said no
date has been set for a confirmation hearing.  With Congress planning =
to
adjourn next month,  Abraham might be out of her office until sometime
next year.  Meanwhile, some key, potentially controversial decisions =
for
the agency are pending, such as whether and how to adjust the CPI and
others on BLS's federal salary survey ....(Washington Post, "The =
Federal
Page," page A19).

The number of job cuts announced by businesses declined by 23 percent =
in
September, compared with one month earlier, according to Challenger,
Gray & Christmas Inc., an outplacement firm ....The number of announced
workforce reductions in September 1997 is 30 percent less than in
September 1996.  September marked the ninth consecutive month that
retail has topped all other industries in job cuts ....(Daily Labor
Report, page A-10).

Consumer borrowing rose at an unexpectedly slow pace in August, the Fed
reported, further evidence that the economy is not growing at an
inflationary speed ....(New York Times, page D8)_____The slowing
reflected slower spending growth and increased wariness by lenders
.....(Washington Post, page C14).

Unmarried domestic partners get health coverage at 12 percent of
companies with 200 or more employees.  Top industries: technology (20
percent), state/local government (17 percent).  Coverage by employer
size is shown in the page 1B chart of USA Today.  Source of the data is
given as KPMG Peat Marwick_____The same information is shown in a chart
on page C14 of the Washington Post, but the source is given as the
Bureau of National Affairs Inc.

DUE OUT TOMORROW:  Mass Layoffs in July 1997    =20


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