layoff

See also: lay off and lay-off

English

From the verb phrase lay off.

layoff (plural layoffs)

(chiefly US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
- 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC‎:
  But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool
(Britain, soccer) A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.

dismissal of employees

Armenian: կրճատում (hy) (krčatum)
Danish: fyring c (dismissal), afskedigelse c (dismissal), fyringsrunde c (downsizing of multiple employees)
Finnish: irtisanominen (fi) (permanent), lomautus (fi) (temporal)
Greek: προσωρινή απόλυση f (prosoriní apólysi)
Hungarian: leépítés (hu)

Interlingua: disopero
Russian: (dismissal) увольне́ние (ru) n (uvolʹnénije), (downsizing) сокраще́ние (ru) n (sokraščénije)
Spanish: despido (es)
Swedish: uppsägning (sv) c