Methodology
How we verify every event.
Every number is traceable to a primary or corporate source. Headcount numbers are verified across at least two sources before publishing.
Three sourcing pillars
Where the data comes from.
01
Mandatory disclosures
US WARN Act filings, UK HR1 notices, India Industrial Disputes Act submissions, and equivalent labour-ministry filings across major jurisdictions.
US DOL · UK GOV · MCA INDIA · 12 others
02
Corporate filings
SEC 8-K announcements, London Stock Exchange RNS, SEBI disclosures, and equivalent regulatory filings for listed companies in every major market.
SEC · LSE RNS · SEBI · 18 others
03
Verified news
Global news feeds in 12 languages, filtered and verified against official channels before inclusion. Used to fill gaps where mandatory filings aren't required.
GDELT · Reuters · 40+ outlets
The five-step process
How every event gets published.
Step 01
Ingestion
Filings and news are pulled continuously from 60+ source streams. Government feeds are polled on each agency's published schedule; news streams ingest in near-real-time.
Step 02
Extraction
Each candidate event is parsed for company, headcount, date, location, division, and source. Where multiple sources reference the same event, they're merged into a single record.
Step 03
Verification
Before publishing, each event must meet the two-source minimum. The strongest source determines the verification tier. Events that can't be verified stay in a pending queue.
Step 04
Publication
Once verified and classified, the event publishes to the public site and is added to all relevant aggregations — company, industry, country, and global.
Step 05
Review
Layoff numbers are sometimes revised after initial disclosure. Events are living records: when better information emerges, the record is updated and the revision dated.
Verification tiers
How we classify confidence.
P
Tier 1 · Primary
Government filings. Events backed by mandatory public filings from a government agency. Strongest confidence tier — the numbers are sworn and verifiable.
US WARN · UK HR1 · Labour ministry filings
C
Tier 2 · Corporate
Official disclosures. Events backed by direct corporate statements — regulatory filings, press releases, earnings calls, or internal memos shared publicly.
SEC 8-K · Press releases · CEO statements
N
Tier 3 · Secondary
Verified reporting. Events backed by at least two independent verified news sources. Used to capture events that fall below mandatory disclosure thresholds.
Reuters · Bloomberg · 40+ outlets
Severity classification
How we rank impact.
Severe
≥ 25% of workforce, or ≥ 2,500 absolute jobs cut
High
10–24% of workforce, or 1,000–2,499 jobs cut
Moderate
5–9% of workforce, or 250–999 jobs cut
Low
< 5% of workforce, or < 250 jobs cut
When workforce data is unavailable, classification defaults to absolute headcount thresholds.
Corrections
How we handle mistakes.
Mistakes happen across thousands of events. When they do, the public record is corrected, the revision is dated, and the person who flagged the issue is credited.
Email contact@gosivl.com with the page URL and what you believe should be changed. Include a filing, press release, or verified news report where possible. We reply within 48 hours.
What we don't do
- Remove verified events at the request of a company, employee, or PR firm.
- Speculate about future layoffs. Every event is a confirmed past action.
- Publish attributed quotes from anonymous sources. Every source is named or classified by type.
- Expose full source URLs publicly — the source list is maintained privately to prevent scraping. Accredited newsrooms and researchers can request source-level access.
Coverage limits
- Strong: US, UK, EU, India, Canada, Australia — full coverage of mandatory filings and major news sources.
- Improving: Brazil, Mexico, Southeast Asia, Japan — corporate filings covered; mandatory filings being added.
- Thinner: Smaller markets and private-company cuts below 25 employees in non-disclosure jurisdictions.
- Out of scope: Voluntary buyouts, hiring freezes, attrition, and contractor non-renewals unless a company explicitly classifies them as workforce reductions.