Sentence examples for make layoff from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bloomberg has instead proposed a nonseniority system that would make layoff decisions based partly on student test scores for some teachers and give principals considerable latitude to decide whom on their staffs to let go and whom to keep.

Education officials said this week that when they make layoff projections, they count only resignations and retirements that happen between June 1 and the first day of school in September, traditionally the peak time for departures.

Let schools protect their best teachers during layoffs: State law currently requires schools to make layoff decisions based only on years of service.

It points out that most such systems make layoffs artificially cheap for firms.

"They'll reduce missions, cut salaries, make layoffs just to pay the mortgage," he said.

So businesses are forced to make layoffs, our economy suffers even more and credit dries up even further.

Labor Minister Michel Sapin told France Info radio that the government would try to make "layoffs so expensive for companies that they're not worth it".

Sir Michael Bishop, chairman of British Midland, has had to make layoffs and ground airlines but he doesn't fudge the gravity of his situation.

A Tribune spokesman, Gary Weitman, would not quantify the savings involved, nor would he say whether the cutbacks would make layoffs unnecessary.

In a tentative deal reached Tuesday night, the California Media Workers Guild agreed to less vacation time, longer workweeks and more flexibility for The Chronicle to make layoffs without regard to seniority.

In Cleveland, manufacturers predicted that demand this year would be even lower than last, and they said they continued to make layoffs and reduce their capital spending.