Layoffs in 2012 – Should go down

If you have a job, good news: A new survey finds that there’s a good likelihood you’re going to keep it.

Right Management, a division of staffing firm Manpower Group, finds that 69 percent of U.S. companies plan no layoffs through the end of 2012.

Just 1 percent are planning significant layoffs, the survey found, and the rest were planning some job cuts or didn’t know. It was the first time Right Management conducted the survey, so there’s no data to compare whether it shows an improving trend or not.

The data is based on a survey of more than 1,100 U.S. companies conducted in the second quarter of this year. The survey asked about companies’ hiring and firing plans for the next six months, through the end of the calendar year.

The results still put the U.S. below the global average. The complete Manpower survey, which included 14,931 employers in 41 countries, found that 78 percent were planning no layoffs at all…

via Most companies see no more layoffs in 2012, survey shows – Economy Watch.