furloughed workers
Staff on leave
Furloughed workers are employees temporarily laid off or forced to take unpaid leave, usually due to economic downturns, budget cuts, or government shutdowns.
Unlike fired workers, furloughed employees typically retain their positions and benefits, expecting to return when conditions improve: Thousands of furloughed workers waited for Congress to pass the spending bill.
The term gained widespread use during government funding gaps and the pandemic-era economy.
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- unemployment benefitsState aid for jobless workers
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- temporaryLimited in duration
unpaid · paid leave · leave · recall · back to work · essential · paycheck · stimulus check · benefits · stimulus · shutdown · lockdown · recession · severance · jobless · idle · waiting · waiting game
- shutdownshut down, power down, power off, turn off, switch off
- aid recipientsfood stamp users, Medicare recipients, social security recipients, scholarship holders, charity cases
furlough, furloughed, furloughs, furloughing, worker, works, worked, working, workable