Employees can be laid off for various reasons, including company downsizing, restructuring, or financial difficulties that necessitate a reduction in workforce. Performance issues, such as failure to meet job expectations or company standards, can also lead to layoffs. Additionally, external factors like changes in market demand or technological advancements may result in certain positions becoming obsolete. Ultimately, layoffs are often a strategic decision made to ensure the long-term viability of the organization.
laid off
The correct term is "laid off."
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.
2,576 were laid off...... it's sad to think about it!
About 1.2 million people get laid off a year.
The cast of Laid Off - 2009 includes: Jen Huizinga as Wife
This is always possible, but it depends on how "liberal" your state is on reasons for discharge, etc. Contact your state's employment security office for clarification.
Absolutely. A company that lays off workers is not doomed to forever remain at the new, smaller size. Employees who are laid off and not rehired may have grounds for a lawsuit if they can show the layoffs and subsequent hirings were discriminatory in nature. For example, if you lay off a group of workers and then rehire all those under 30 years old, a 50 year old who was laid off might be able to claim that the layoff was a pretext for age discrimination, so a company who lays off workers and then hires some of them back (or replacements for the same jobs) had better very carefully document the reasons the re- or new hires were chosen over laid-off workers who were NOT rehired, and those reasons had better be legally valid ones ("he's clearly more qualified" is legally valid; "he's white" is almost certainly not).
If you are laid off, file for unemployment compensation and take advantage of any outplacement services your employer offers.