furloughing
Unpaid leave mandate
Furloughing is temporarily laying off workers, usually with the expectation they'll return when conditions improve.
Unlike permanent layoffs, furloughed employees often retain benefits and seniority: The company is furloughing staff rather than cutting positions.
Government shutdowns frequently result in furloughing federal workers.
Paid staff members
- workersPeople doing jobs
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- personnelWorkers at an organization
- nonessentialNot required or needed
redundancy · unemployment · layoffs · termination · suspension · idle · jobless · dismissal
Reductions in spending
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- deficitAmount still owed
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- layoffsMass job eliminations
downsizing · restructuring · spending · expenditure · overhead · payroll · shortfall · savings
Not yet compensated
- temporaryLimited in duration
- mandatoryRequired by rule
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- administrativeRelated to organization management
rotating · periodic · scheduled · recall · reinstatement · return · seniority · notification
Organized distribution of resources
- servicemembersActive military personnel
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- reserveSupply kept back
duty · discharge · leave · rotation · reassignment · demobilization · homecoming · barracks
employees
Paid staff members
nonessential · redundancy · unemployment · layoffs · termination · suspension · idle · jobless · dismissal · attrition
cutbacks
Reductions in spending
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- deficitAmount still owed
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
layoffs · downsizing · restructuring · spending · expenditure · overhead · payroll · shortfall · savings · reduction
unpaid
Not yet compensated
- temporaryLimited in duration
- mandatoryRequired by rule
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
administrative · rotating · periodic · scheduled · recall · reinstatement · return · seniority · notification · duration
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
- servicemembersActive military personnel
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
reserve · duty · discharge · leave · rotation · reassignment · demobilization · homecoming · barracks · posting
furloughinghiring
Giving someone work
recalling · employing · recruiting · onboarding · reinstating
furloughingexpanding
Growing in scope
growing · scaling up · ramping up · building up · augmenting
furloughingretaining
Holding onto still
keeping on · terminating · firing · laying off · dismissing