job layoff
1Layoff — (in British[1] and American English), also called redundancy in the UK, is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or (more commonly) a group of employees for business reasons, such as when certain positions …
2layoff — UK US (also lay off) /ˈleɪɒf/ noun [C] HR ► the act of ending a worker s job, sometimes temporarily, usually because there is not enough work to do: »Workers have been warned to expect further layoffs. »Layoff notices are expected when business… …
3Job security — is the probability that an individual will keep his or her job; a job with a high level of job security is such that a person with the job would have a small chance of becoming unemployedTrends Affecting Job SecurityTypically, government jobs and …
4layoff — [n] dismissal from job or responsibility cutback, discharge, early retirement, respite, unemployment; concept 351 Ant. employment, hiring …
5Job interview — Oakland, California. Hanging Around. The total time spent in actual interviews while hunting a job takes only a small part of the day; unwilling to go home these youths spend most of their day hanging around and talking with other job hunters.… …
6Job (role) — For other uses, see Job (disambiguation). A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour (in …
7Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 — The Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (USPL|97|300, usc|29|1501, et seq.) was a United States federal law passed October 13, 1982. The law was repealed by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.PurposeThe law was enacted to establish federal… …
8layoff lust — (LAY.off lust) n. The strong desire to be laid off from one s job. Example Citation: A new term has entered the language: layoff lust, the sudden desire to be sent away with a severance package, providing time at last to search for meaning and… …
9Layoff Lit — Literature suited to leaner economic times. Noting the timeliness of George Clooney’s latest film, “Up in the Air,” The Times’s Motoko Rich commented: Now several writers and their publishers are hoping to catch the same wave with a cluster of… …
10job control — noun a program that is called to prepare each job to be run • Hypernyms: ↑program, ↑programme, ↑computer program, ↑computer programme * * * noun : union influence over the employment practices of an establishment exercised through contract… …
