Sentence examples for voluntary layoff from inspiring English sources

Daria Colner took a voluntary layoff from a high-level marketing position at Columbia last May, gaining a severance package through the end of the year.

March 24: Cummins fires 127 workers when voluntary layoff fails to entice enough to leave.

The voluntary layoff program is to begin on December 4 and end after the spin-off date (December 9), and if not enough volunteers come forward the company says it will fire people on its own.

The company, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., said in June that it had eliminated nearly 1,900 workers and that 200 employees had taken voluntary layoffs.

The attendants had accepted voluntary layoffs when the company reduced its staff after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, because of lower demand.

And Lowe Lintas & Partners Worldwide in New York is seeking voluntary layoffs from among its staff of 680; a memorandum sent on Tuesday offered what were described as enhanced severance packages to those choosing to leave.

The Chicago-based company said it would reduce the headcount in its commercial airlines division by 4,000, with around one-third through voluntary layoffs and the rest by leaving positions unfilled, a spokesman said.

The voluntary layoffs will take place in June, and the involuntary layoffs will follow in July.

At DOE's request, Fermilab offered employees the opportunity to take voluntary layoffs.

The lab will still lay off roughly 140 workers, but officials also announced that those cuts would be restructured to give employees a chance to take voluntary layoffs before the involuntary ones begin.

Lawyer departures, whether voluntary or through layoffs, pose special risks to firms.