The phrase "a smaller workforce" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the size of a group of employees or laborers in a company or organization, particularly in the context of downsizing or efficiency.
Example: "Due to budget cuts, the company has decided to operate with a smaller workforce moving forward."
Alternatives: "a reduced workforce" or "a diminished workforce".
By 2020 there will be 50% more pensioners than in 1990 and a smaller workforce to support them.
America has gone on a diet: it has squeezed extra output from a smaller workforce and suffered a big rise in unemployment as a consequence.
As a result, as firms look to cut costs and get more out of a smaller workforce, more bosses are turning to staff "wellness" schemes.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, he thinks that a smaller workforce is unlikely to solve the unemployment problem if the job-seekers do not match the specifications of the jobs on offer.
"It's saying, 'What does productivity mean if it means layoffs for the workers?' " Mr. Skyler responded, "Whatever productivity increases the city achieved in the past are in the past, and the budget in the current fiscal crisis requires real productivity enhancements or we will be forced to have a smaller workforce".
He also thinks companies will keep a smaller workforce to concentrate on their core competences, and farm out less essential work to consultants, who will be able to live pretty much wherever they want".By its nature, the Internet de-emphasises clusters," says George Colony at Forrester Research, "but it does not obsolete them".
With precision equipment, large numbers of identical parts could be produced at low cost and with a small workforce.
With precision equipment, large numbers of identical parts could be produced by a small workforce at low costs.
In the weeks leading up to the EU referendum, there had been much optimism in our office among a small workforce hailing from all over Europe.
Forest work used to be complementary winter employment for small farmers using their horses; today forestry is carried on year-round by a small workforce and large, modern machinery.
Small Internet companies, he added, are also much happier to pursue partnerships because that allows them to maintain a small workforce "where people can feel the impact of their labor, and frankly feel their impact on the company's stock price".
