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a discharge, esp. temporary, of a worker or workers.
• a period when this is in force.
a period during which someone does not take part in a customary sport or other activity: they needed to rehabilitate injuries or just brush up after long layoffs.
"Layoffs" are the temporary or permanent release of employees from a company due to downsizing or restructuring or other business reason, as opposed to discipline or individual terminations.
Originally, "layoffs" were temporary, to reduce the labor expense during periods of low sales or lagging profits. Often the employees would be re-activated or rehired preferentially before any new employees. However, the term is now generally applied (as a euphemism for 'firings') to any mass reduction in the labor force of a company or industry, even permanent ones.
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What is a Layoff Referral Deadline?
Layoff referral deadline is talking about when a company has a layoff who can be rehired. You have to contact your local human resources to get information on your rehire ability.
What is the past tense of layoff?
Layoff is a noun and so doesn't have a past tense. Only verbs have past tenses.
Is layoff one word or two?
"Layoff" is typically written as one word.
How do you say layoff in Portuguese?
Demitir
What does furlough means in the airline industry?
layoff
What are the release dates for Benson - 1979 The Layoff 1-6?
Benson - 1979 The Layoff 1-6 was released on: USA: 25 October 1979
Why did workers dread layoff?
No work, no money that is what layoffs do.
What is the origin of layoff I understand the meaning but why do we call the reduction of workers a layoff?
According to businessdictionary.com, layoff is only applied when a lack of work, money or material happens. The reduction of workers within a company often reffers to those causes. Mostly for Costs saving... Source: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/layoff.html
Is layoff a verb?
No, the word 'layoff' is a noun, a word for temporary or permanent removal of a worker or workers; a word for a thing.The verb form is 'lay off', the verb 'lay' modified by the adverb 'off'.Examples:The layoff lasted for six months. (noun)We have to lay off several workers. (verb and adverb)
What is the date of the Gannett layoff's in December?
//12-04-08
What does a yellow slip mean at a job?
Reduction in workforce "layoff"
What is a term for Reducing the number of employees to cut costs?
layoff
