furloughing
present participle offurlough
furlough
verb[T]
uk/ˈfɜː.ləʊ/us/ˈfɝː.loʊ/mainlyUS
to give someonepermissionto beabsentfrom thearmedservices,work, orprisonfor aperiodoftime,especiallytoreturntemporarilytotheirownhome:
Furloughedservicemenmust be givenpreferenceoverciviliantravel.
not going toyourjob, usuallytemporarily, becauseyouremployerdoes not haveworkfor you ormoneytopayyou:
Aftersafetyconcerns, thecompanyfurloughed all 4,000 ofitsemployees.
- He was a furloughedprisonerat thetimehecommittedthecrime.
- She is furloughed fromrehabtoattendher sister'swedding.
- Delta furloughed hundreds ofpilots.
- 2,300workerswereinvoluntarilyfurloughed tohelpthecompanyreachitsgoalofreducingtheworkforceby 20percent.
- As ofJanuary, full-timers at themuseumwill be furloughed 1dayamonth.
Time off
- absenteeism
- administrative leave
- bank holiday
- Boxing Day
- career break
- comp time
- gardening leave
- hartal
- holiday
- hols
- legal holiday
- maternity leave
- non-work
- parental leave
- shore leave
- sick
- sick day
- sick leave
- sickie
- skive
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Not punishing & reducing punishment
Types of employment
Examplesoffurloughing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
At that time, most federal departments and agencies beganfurloughingtheir employees in order to meet their respective spending cut targets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He proposed a wide range of budget austerity measures, including employeefurloughing, spending reductions, freezing state hiring, freezing state employee wages, and a host of administrative changes for state agencies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 2011 the school board approved curtailing the middle school foreign language program andfurloughingsix teachers as part of its budget process for 2011-12.
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