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The phrase "a decrease in employees" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes in workforce size, often in the context of business or organizational changes.
Example: "The company announced a decrease in employees due to budget cuts and restructuring."
Alternatives: "a reduction in staff" or "a drop in workforce".
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It was a decrease in employees of 3.8 percent from the previous year, but it occurred as 65,000 new students entered the public school system.
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She said a decrease in employee contributions could be used to offer workers and retirees "consideration" for agreeing to cuts in pension benefits.
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The company saw a slight decrease in employees for 2009 but that was mainly due to some location remodeling and the closing of underperforming stores.
Or it can lead to a decrease in productivity because employees are confused and unclear about their priorities and therefore don't accomplish much.
The net result, researchers said, was a decrease in low-wage employees' average earnings of $125 a month.
Critical numbers such as a decrease in revenue per employee; increased errors and mistakes; and decreasing morale will help leaders measure and monitor actual performance vs. expectations.
The results for most of our contingency variables, such as the rate of unionization, strong increase or decrease in employees, and having an outsider or new CEO,6 support this assumption to a certain extent.
Moreover, the creation and/or strengthening of the decentralized administrative structures are often not accompanied by a decrease in the number of federal employees, further raising the costs of personnel to the system [ 48].
The economy would not only be hit with a decrease in full time workers and educated employees, there would also be a huge cost in taking care of all those pregnancies and babies.
On a more upbeat note, the ONS said there was an increase in the number of full-time employees and a decrease in part-time and self-employed work.
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