Sentence examples for layoff from inspiring English sources

Thiago Silva, back from a two-month injury layoff, perfectly marshalled the PSG defence from there on in to see the Qatar-backed club into the last 16.

"Upstream (exploration and production) earnings will be most affected, although there could be the initial positive impact of the planned cuts in capital expenditure and the ongoing layoff programme," said Armstrong.

This turned into 18 months in which he documented the layoff of workers, carting off of plant equipment and destruction of buildings.That was the beginning of the end for Kodak.

Layoff rates peaked and declined, but firms still had little interest in hiring.

Last year health care was the second leading source of layoff announcements, after finance.

And by missing any of tennis's four marquee grand slam tournaments (the US Open and Australian Open both took place during his recent layoff), he badly hinders his chances of capturing the coveted all-time record for major trophies, which Mr Federer currently holds with 17. Mr Nadal has 11.Yet the Spaniard is severely restricted in terms of the changes he can make.

It begins with a layoff, all the more brutal for its brisk efficiency: a senior employee in risk management is called into the fishbowl of a glass-walled office and calmly told that, after 19 years, his services are no longer required.

He has won 12 of the 13 matches he has played during his comeback.While impressive, these performances fall some way short of proving that Mr Nadal who, in the course of his layoff, slipped to fifth in the world rankings is back to his best.

Since 2007 the Federal Aviation Administration has operated on no less than 20 short-term funding authorisations; the latest finally ran out on July 22nd because of a congressional dispute, forcing the layoff of thousands of workers and a halt to airport building projects (see article).

One is what has been termed "layoff survivor syndrome", the tendency of those who remain to be demotivated by anxiety, guilt and an extra workload.

British bosses, faced with higher layoff costs and wary of losing skilled staff as they did in previous recessions, decided to keep as many workers on as they could and take the hit instead to their bottom line.