(US, business, euphemistic) A layoff.
(US, business, euphemistic) A layoff.
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(chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
(transitive, euphemistic) To terminate the employment of.
(chiefly, British, Ireland, NZ, AU) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.