Sentence examples for most layoff from inspiring English sources

The technology sector had the most layoff announcements, with telecommunications, computers, electronics, and e-commerce making up four of the five top industries announcing layoffs so far this year, the report said.

Until recently, they note, most layoffs involved industries that employ few welfare recipients, like manufacturing and technology.

If both major labor deals are ratified, a majority of state workers would be protected from most layoffs for the next two years.

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani sought to cut thousands of jobs in the 1994 but reached agreements with the unions on reductions that averted most layoffs.

While most layoffs occurred in manufacturing, the bureau said, there were also big reductions at temporary-help agencies and in transportation.

The five-year agreement between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the Public Employees Federation largely mirrors the deal struck last month with the state's largest public employee union, the Civil Service Employees Association, which also agreed to big concessions in exchange for giving its members immunity from most layoffs.

But Mr. O'Connor's optimism and the fact that most layoffs would not occur until late in the summer appeared to leave some leeway for a resurrection of the original agreement or for a slightly tweaked version that would eliminate the need for the job and program cuts.

Most layoffs would be from Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) institutes, according to the online news site Gazeta.ru.

California is well represented on our list of the areas with the most layoffs as four other cities made the list including: San Francisco (No. 4), Riverside (No. 5), San Diego (No. 6) and Sacramento (No. 9).

An HR executive once described to me that most layoffs are done with an ax rather than a scalpel.

On the morning of the most recent layoff in late March, Mrs. Polum called an employee meeting in the lunchroom.