Examples of 'lay-offs' in a sentence

Meaning of "lay-offs"

lay-off (noun) - an event where an employee is dismissed or temporarily suspended from work, usually due to reasons such as downsizing, budget cuts, or restructuring within a company
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I recall ten or so lay-offs in our workshop.
He tried to kill himself in protest of lay-offs.
It shows these lay-offs were planned before.
Information on monitoring of upcoming lay-offs.
Considerable lay-offs have been announced.
You guys need to work out on overhanded lay-offs.
Alternatives to lay-offs and redundancies.
The lay-offs indicator does not include contractual terminations.
Alternatives to lay-offs are also discussed.
There is also unease about the looming lay-offs.
Under the previous regime lay-offs were actually banned.
This answer does not necessarily mean employees lay-offs.
I recall there were ten or so lay-offs in our workshop.
The number of lay-offs in the industry has been staggering.
The wave of closures and lay-offs continues.

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Speaking of lay-offs here makes a vague threat more concrete.
Workers were hard hit by these lay-offs and closures.
When lay-offs threatened employees the workers backed them up.
The government is also planning lay-offs in state administration.
Lay-offs should be avoided and the problem of overcapacities solved.
Under the previous regime lay-offs were actual ly banned.
Some armies have faced the problem of massive lay-offs.
Systematic opposition of lay-offs and the deregulation of labour relations.
Employment regulation cases and individual and collective lay-offs.
This is mainly the result of lay-offs see employment below.
But foreign workers are also affected by cuts in jobs and lay-offs.
All existing opportunities to avoid lay-offs must be fully exploited.
Lose their jobs due to shortage of work or seasonal or mass lay-offs.
This has resulted in significant lay-offs and cuts to programming.
When part of functions is transferred to offshore partner, it usually results in lay-offs.
He also said that it would generate lay-offs on a grand scale.
The number of lay-offs significantly exceeds the number of persons being offered employment.
Now we know why there are no lay-offs in the media.
Such booms are unsustainable and lead to peaks of employment followed by mass lay-offs.
The duration of the lay-offs varied from a few days to four weeks.
The need for policies to deal with massive lay-offs was emphasized.
The threat of lay-offs and the lack of a real union unity have undermined combativeness.
Several other organizations speculated on the possibility of lay-offs in their sector.
These measures are also intended to avoid lay-offs by favoring internal mobility or external solutions.
Are security sector reform policies addressing the social consequences of lay-offs of servicemen?
This research examines the impacts of lay-offs in the internal dynamics of an organization.
The number of advance declarations by employers regarding upcoming lay-offs has decreased.
The spread of unemployment and forced lay-offs have decreased the number of employed people.
The number of advance declarations of employers regarding potential lay-offs has increased.
More lay-offs appear inevitable if the needed financial-sector and corporate restructuring continues.
Changes were planned to the laws governing lay-offs and overtime pay.
Lay-offs yielded much to other anti-crisis measures which were not related to reduction of personnel.
These pictures show women at work and lay-offs that lead to strikes.
Still, researchers are confident this would not necessarily mean massive lay-offs.
It also put aside money to cover the lay-offs and other restructuring measures.

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