(chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
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A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
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(British, football) A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.
At tech companies that spent recent years expanding paid parental leave, parents have felt the whiplash of mass layoffs in an especially visceral way.
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