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Layoff

A layoff or downsizing is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees (collective layoff) for business reasons, such as personnel management or downsizing an organization. Originally, layoff referred exclusively to a temporary interruption in work, or employment but this has…

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Terminology

In the public sector

Unemployment compensation

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Around the world

Mass layoff

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Layoff

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples120
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Layoff

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has effect · 32
Layoff → Acceptance, According, After, Although, Anger, Any, At, Denial, Despite, Employees, Fear, Healing, However, If, In, Layoffs, Many, No, One, Optimism
related to Unemployment compensation · 27
Layoff → Also, By, De Meuse, Department, Depending, FICA, FUTA, Hence, However, In, IRS, Labor, Packages, Revenue Ruling, Risks, Since, Some, SUB-Pay, SUB-Pay Plans, SUI
related to External links · 22
Layoff → Airline Industry Layoffs, APPENDIX, Bureau, Department, Energy, ERA-19, Force Under OPM's Regulations, GLOSSARY OF TERMS, IRIF, Labor, Labor StatisticsCASE No, Layoffs, Patrick SmithJob Losses Tracker, Personnel ManagementUK Redundancy Legal, Reduction, RIF, Rights UK, Rising After Redundancy, RTÉ Ireland TV Series, UK-based
related to Terminology · 13
Layoff → Attrition, Early, Employment Rights Act, Euphemisms, Labor, Mass, Redundancy, RIF, The, UK, United Kingdom, United States Department, US
related to Around the world · 9
Layoff → An, Australia, Belgium, Fair Work Commission, If, In, Procédure Renault, The, When
related to China · 6
Layoff → China’s, China’s Employment Contracts Act, Congress, In, It, The
related to In the public sector · 4
Layoff → As, Following, Great Recession, Layoffs
related to United States · 4
Layoff → Department, Labor Worker Adjustment, Retraining Notification Act, WARN
related to Common abbreviations for reduction in force · 3
Layoff → Often, RIF, Sometimes

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employee layoffs employees downsizing unemployment may reduction redundancy employment company management job workers employer work labor benefits laid force termination

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Layoffhas effectPSB0.60section
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Layoffhas effectAccording0.60section
Layoffhas effectHealing0.60section
Layoffhas effectWounds0.60section
Layoffhas effectOvercoming0.60section
Layoffhas effectTrauma0.60section

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