The expression is used in British English.
Employees who are let go from a business when times are bad are either "laid off" or - if they have sufficient time completed - "made redundant".
laid off
Made redundant. 'He was laid off by the company.'
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laid off
The correct term is "laid off."
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Made redundant. 'He was laid off by the company.'
The correct spelling is "laid off". This term is used when an employee is dismissed or let go from their job by their employer.
There is a difference between laid off or layed off. In relation to being dismissed from work, the correct phrase to use is laid off. Layed off actually has no grammatical meaning.
Business has been slow at the factory, and as a result I was laid off.
Robert Clive
The British
2,576 were laid off...... it's sad to think about it!
About 1.2 million people get laid off a year.
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