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American Heritage Dictionary:
fur·lough |
[Alteration of vorloffe, furlogh, from Dutch verlof, from Middle Dutch.]
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Oxford Dictionary of the US Military:
furlough |
grant such leave of absence to.
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Furlough |
A temporary layoff, involuntary leave or other modification of normal working hours without pay for a specified duration. Furloughs are used in the military for soldiers whose new assignments have not yet been determined. For businesses, furloughs are used for a variety of reasons, like plant shut-downs, or in cases where a broad reorganization makes it unclear which employees will be retained.
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In contemporary business practice, a furlough is a less permanent solution to layoffs, and are useful in situations where the economic condition is deemed to be of short duration. It is also common in situations where a business disruption is deemed to be temporary.
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In the United States a furlough (
/ˈfɜrloʊ/; from Dutch: "verlof") is a temporary unpaid leave of some employees due to special needs of a company, which may be due to economic conditions at the specific employer or in the economy as a whole. These involuntary furloughs may be short or long term, and many of those affected may seek other temporary employment during that time.
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In the United States, involuntary furloughs concerning federal government employees may be of a sudden and immediate nature. Such was the case in February 2010, when a single Senate objection prevented emergency funding measures from being implemented. As a result, 2000 federal workers for the Department of Transportation were immediately furloughed as of March 1, 2010.[1] The longest such shutdown was December 16, 1995, to January 6, 1996, which affected all non-essential employees, shutting down a wide array of services including National Institutes of Health, visa and passport processing, parks, and many others.[2]
The United States Congress failed to pass a reauthorization of funding for the Federal Aviation Admininstration, and as a result, furloughed about 4,000 workers at midnight on July 22nd, 2011.
Board members of various school districts as well as universities implemented "furlough days" in 2009. This made students pay the same rate, if not more for their education while providing fewer educational days by forcing educators and staff members to take the day off. In states such as Georgia, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia included a clause so that mandatory furlough days are implemented but no classes are lost during the 2009-2010 academic year.[3]
In California, the State Employee Trades Council (SETC) voted to implement a mandatory two-day per month furlough policy for the staff and faculty of the CSU system.[4] The furloughs, intended to prevent layoffs, began in August 2009, and ended in June 2010. The 10% cut saved about $270 million of the CSU's $564 million dollar budget deficit. [5]
Congress was on the verge of forcing a government shutdown on April 8, 2011, if their plan to reduce the federal budget deficit were not resolved, which would have caused the furlough of 800,000 out of 2 million civilian federal employees.[6][7]
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Translations:
Furlough |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - orlov
v. tr. - give orlov
Nederlands (Dutch)
verlof, verlofbrief, verlof geven aan, tijdelijk naar huis sturen (van werk)
Français (French)
n. - (Mil) permission, (gén) congé
v. tr. - accorder un congé, accorder une permission, donner congé temporairement
Deutsch (German)
n. - Urlaub
v. - beurlauben
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (στρατ., μτφ.) κανονική άδεια (απουσίας)
v. - (στρατ., μτφ.) χορηγώ κανονική άδεια
Português (Portuguese)
n. - licença (f) (dada a um soldado) (Mil.)
v. - estar de licença (Mil.)
Español (Spanish)
n. - permiso, licencia
v. tr. - licenciar
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - permission (mil.), permittering (amer.)
v. - ge permission, permittera
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
休假, 暂时解雇, 放假, 准假
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 休假, 暫時解雇, 放假
v. tr. - 准假, 暫時解雇
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사가, 휴가, 일시해고
v. tr. - ~휴가를 주다
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) إجازة , إذن بالغياب (فعل) يمنح إجازة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חופשה מהשירות
v. tr. - העניק חופשה
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