Sentence examples for sacking employees from inspiring English sources

IN THE depths of the financial crisis in 2009, when banks were sacking employees left and right and cutting all costs that were not related to compliance, Morgan Stanley turned heads by buying a big stockbroking unit from Citigroup.

A mountain of red tape that has scarcely modernised since the 1940s, the CLT restricts wage cuts, contains draconian penalties for sacking employees and implements paternalistic rules around working hours, to name just a few of its nightmarish provisions.The untenable labour laws are an appalling incentive for firms and workers.

At the same time as banks are sacking employees in operating roles, they are adding swarms to cope with various requests from government agencies and other new filings, all to avoid violating rules that may never come into existence and temporary measures that may be rescinded.

Companies can face private lawsuits for sacking employees in retaliation for submitting allegations to the SEC, even if the tips never lead to an enforcement action," explains the Journal.

For example, one bar owner was sacking employees if he discovered that they were attending our clinics.

Most firms have sacked employees or cut pay or both.

Companies as diverse as Dow and Orange have sacked employees for looking at naughty pictures.

The government, thrown off course one more time, said that Coulson's claims were "extraordinary and bizarre" allegations from a "disgruntled, disaffected, sacked employee".

Frequently they come from family or company rivalries or upsets – a family that tires of one of its members, an ex-mistress who feels snubbed, a revenge-seeking sacked employee, or a disgruntled ex-bureaucrat are among rumours (not all correct) on the current disclosures.

Sacking permanent employees, still the majority of the labour force, is in effect impossible today.

This rigidity means that firms cut their labour costs through hiring freezes and by sacking temporary employees, rather than by reducing pay rates.XXIV.XXIV