Recession-driven layoffs are hurting not only the unemployed, but those workers who remain to shoulder their responsibilities. According to the recent "Productivity Drain" survey from Chelmsford, Mass.-based Workforce Institute at Kronos Inc. and Harris Interactive, 40 percent of workers whose companies have had layoffs said productivity within their organizations has been negatively impacted during the past year.

Thirty-eight percent of respondents said layoffs had occurred at their companies over the past year, according to the survey.

Among employees who said productivity had been negatively impacted by layoffs:

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