to lay off

At the time, the company was fighting to survive and was forced to lay off engineers as it slashed costs.

I'm trying to lay off rich food for a while to lose some weight.

It is still likely to lay-off thousands of workers but probably far fewer than Fiat would have done if it had won the bidding.

Without the loan, she would have had to lay off so many people that such a divorce would have taken three times as long.

The doctor told me to lay off for a week.

Yet his big concern, he said, is for the thousands of Westgate workers he had to lay off.

Texas manufacturer JCM Industries told the FT that it might have to lay off workers if the situation escalated.

In Hawaii, the state employees' union is fighting a proposal to lay off workers for three Fridays a month over the next two years.

He would have tried it, but his prime minister, who was travelling with him, told the cousins to lay off.

They remember the dark days when Apple was struggling to stay alive and had to lay off thousands to cut costs.

It is imperative now, when someone comes to look at the apartment, to run upstairs and ask the pianist to lay off for a while.

Hubei and Shandong said companies trying to lay off more than 40 staff would need prior approval from the local authorities.

He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off.

But to reduce operational costs, it seemed certain that we were going to have to lay off hundreds of them.

Being close to the government could crimp Blackstone's room for manoeuvre in the future when, say, trying to lay off Chinese workers.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is preparing to lay off 10% of its 32, 500 employees, according to people familiar with the matter.

They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers.

The bank is going to lay off 500 staff in Asia to weather the financial crisis.

The company was forced to lay off a big chunk of its workforce and was then sold to TIBCO, a software company.

When times are hard, American firms find it easy to lay off workers.

Xie's customers are reducing orders, forcing him to lay off more than 10 percent of his staff at Dongguan Jincai Real Co.

Large Chinese companies promised not to lay off employees even if it cut into their profits.

Some export-driven small and medium companies may not be able to survive and have to lay off employees.

Meanwhile, at the center of the economic crisis, financial companies continue to lay off thousands of workers.

Told him to lay off for two weeks before sailing.

However, that didn't prevent the company from announcing plans to lay off 6, 500 employees this summer as part of a larger reorganization.

Bets are easier to make with confidence when you know that financial innovation has made them easier to lay off again.

His doctor told him to lay off smoking.

Frantic negotiations to pass California's budget took place as the process to lay off thousands of state workers began.

Even traditionally defensive industries, such as pharmaceuticals, are suffering: Pfizer plans to lay off up to 8% of its researchers.

Example Sentences We've had a very bad quarter. Therefore, we have to lay off some staff.

During business downturns, it is not unusual for a business to lay off workers for extended periods of time .

Romulus began at once to lay off the bounds of his little town.

Cuba has announced plans to lay off huge numbers of state employees in the biggest shift to the private sector since the revolution in 1959.

New York is not alone. It is illegal in over a dozen states to lay off teachers for any reason other than seniority.

It's time we were able to lay off these heavy winter clothes .

It is unclear how the luxury rental market will react to lay-off plans recently announced by several financial institutions.

Some countries have long tried to trump Okun's law with legislation of their own, making it costly or cumbersome to lay off workers.

He threatened, as a "last resort" , to lay off up to 9, 800 state workers to get the savings needed.

That raises the prospect of losses for banks that entered the market but failed to lay off their risks properly.

Schools would have to lay off teachers and eliminate summer programmes and advanced classes.

The economic contraction is of course the prime force driving companies to lay off workers.

Even rats that were already addicted to morphine tended to lay off the hard stuff when in Rat Park.

The problem is particularly acute in Spain and Italy, where labour laws make it expensive to lay off older workers but not young temps.

Doctor told me to lay off for a month.

It's best to lay off greasy foods if you're trying to lose weight.

Managers of newly privatised industries tend to lay off workers as their focus shifts from empire-building to profit maximisation.

He has less money on hand than even the maverick Texan libertarian Ron Paul, and has been forced to lay off dozens of his staff of 120.

"If your restaurant is on fire, you have to lay off the workers, simple as that really, " he said.

Almost a third of them have had to lay off staff because of lost grants, and one in five has had to reduce services.

I told you to lay off bothering my little brother!

Right. Got it. I could stand to lay off the fast food anyway.

ON, Germany's biggest power company, is threatening to lay off up to 11, 000 people.

The firm ran into severe financial difficulties and was forced to lay off a lot of employees.

Mr Niel plans to lay off up to 220 of the 260 workers at the plant.

It is still difficult and expensive to lay off "regular" workers.

In the mid-1990s, many companies decided to lay off their middle managers.

For the factories, the easiest way to deal with the problem of reduced orders is to lay off workers or cut their wages.

I need to lay off the cookies. I think I've gained a little weight!

Barclays Capital, the investment-banking arm of Barclays, is expected to lay off staff around the world soon, though how many isn't clear.

Last month Cisco Systems announced plans to lay off 9% of its workforce and to transfer another 7% to another company.

In Cleveland, the school board was to vote Tuesday night on whether to lay off teachers for the second time this year.

And GM plans to hire back all of the workers they had to lay off during the recession.

The company's decision to lay off so many workers.

Like many other local firms, Natuzzi has had to lay off workers at its factories near Matera.

Experts believe the move will make it harder to lay off employees and strengthen the crackdown on corruption.

The government has told companies in the eastern coastal regions not to lay off workers without approval from local officials.

In the meantime, try to lay off the coffee.

The company has to lay off some employees due to lack of work.

To avert a crisis, Beijing allowed state-owned companies to lay off tens of millions of workers.

The store had to lay off a number of clerks because sales were down.

They don't play along; they keep payrolls lean and maybe even continuing to lay off workers.

Manufacturing firms need to obtain government permission to lay off workers from factories with more than 100 staff.

America's more flexible jobs market makes it far easier and cheaper to lay off workers.

In 1979 and again in 1980, we had to lay off thousands of workers, blue-collar and white-collar alike.

Manufacturing firms need to obtain government permission to lay off a worker from factories with more than 100 staff.

be firm to lay off those who perform bad in loyalty, execution and work attitude.

The HR manager, Angie, also doesn't want to lay off her US staff, and is worried about the difficulty of hiring workers in another country.

You needed to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one.

And while that may mean TGIF parties for many of you, Friday is also a day that is commonly considered the "best" day to lay off employees.

I've smoked cigarettes for years, but now I'm going to lay off (them).

A major reason is that state laws make it very difficult for factories to lay off workers, Luce explains.

Is it legal for a company to lay off employees? And what kind of compensation package should fired employees expect?

UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines plans to lay off 950 pilots as it aims to reduce domestic capacity by 14% in the 4th quarter.

Employer: Our company has been having some financial troubles and we have to lay off some workers.

Note that a player is not permitted to lay off any cards on the unmatched cards in the opponent's hand.

The other charities that dispensed with Mr Pallotta's services suffered similar falls and some had to lay off staff.

Changes were long overdue. Because it is so costly to lay off workers, businesses are reluctant to hire them in the first place.

The largest u. s. newspaper groups Gannett company is laying off nearly 1000 employees continue to lay off 10%.

This will help us determine who to lay off and who deserves a raise.

This will help us determine who to lay off and who deserves a raise.

When construction until Lee, and two nearby Wei, diverted from Highway, which was forced to lay-off over the project.

The factory had to lay off fifty workers.

And because they've stopped spending money, more businesses have been forced to lay off more workers.

These are difficult economic times. The company has to lay off some staff.

Have you heard about the company's plan to lay off half of its staff?

The agency has had to lay off a dozen staff.

The worst part was having to lay off half the staff.

Last year, health officials in Taiwan warned the public to lay off the mooncakes and instead indulge in fruits and vegetables.

She resolved to lay off smoking.

In March, the industrial giant announced plans to lay off another 2, 500 workers.

B: Right. We may need to lay off some plant workers.

For example, a good thing that I do not have to lay off employees in the first list, which means I was still very valuable employees.

I am, but it's so hard to lay off desserts.

The firm had to lay off 100 men.

That forced us to lay off about 1, 000 people, and we set up an outplacement service within our own company.

I want to lay off these heavy winter clothes.

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The store had to lay off a number of clerks because sales

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