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Terms and Definitions The 6flowt-mg are definitions of some)inrdainerntal terms used in this report Business Establishment: As defined by the U.S. Department ol, Commerce. u separate plant location or workste or a jc•ompa riv or enterprise. Large companies may have several establishments in various locations around Minnesota. Dissolution: The death of a Minnesota business establishment is assumed to have tx•curred wiren that establishment both did not report to rite :Minnesota Unemplovinent Insurance Program /U-1) for nvo consecutive quarters. and when the establishment cannot be found elsewhere in the U-1 records. Businesses which were sold or merged with other establishments, wirerr such sale or merger resulied.in a name and identification number chaunge. tnav occasionally be erroneously reported as dissolutions. Apparent dissolutions of manutactunng companies are further verified by business termination data front the Department of Economic Secunry(DES).and dirouRhMinv-up sunevs adminisrered by DTED. Definitions Birth: The s•tarr-up of a new companv is determined to have occurred when rite establishment first reports to the U-1 Program. Sales or mergers oj*companies may occasionally be erroneously reported as births. when such activiry resulted in and Sources it companv name change. For manufacturing companies. DES•s records and various indusiry sources are used to identify such business sales and mergers• which are then excluded from this category. 3rd Quarter. 1994 Expansion: The DTED Business Tracking Svsrem reports only significant business expansions. A significant expansion occurs when a business establishment with over 19 employees increases emplovinent by 25 percent or more over two i quarters: or when anv establishment adds 50 or more emplovees over two quarters. For seasonal businesses such as outdoor recreation and tourism,job growth is calculated from the.same quarter of the previous Year. Contraction: The DTED Business Tracking System reports only significant business contractions. A significant contraction occurs when a business establishment with over 19 employees decreases employment by 25 percent or more over two quarters: or when anv tfstablishnrent terminates 50 or more emplovees over nvo quarters. For seasonal businesses. job decline is calculated from the same quarter oj'the previous year. Sources For This Report The DTED Business Tracking System is based on information and data files provided by the Research Division and Tax Division of the Minnesota Department of Economic Security, including quarrenv employer reports to the Unempiovment insurance Program (ES202), St. Paul. Minnesota. The data covers approximatetc 97 percent of all nonagricultural wage and .salary employment in Minnesota. Those excluded from E3202 are the self-employed. railroad workers. most farmers. commission agents, students. religious workers and elected,government officials. • Six months after the close of each quarter. DES provides DTED with raw data on employment and wages by business establishment for char quarter. This report is produced one to two months after DTED receives these data. Hence. the • DTED Quarterly Report is issued approximately 8 months after the close of quarter covered rr i i • 13