Layoff

[Jason Yan]

A discharge, especially temporary, of a worker or workers.

[Cami]

The practice used by [marginally] [profitable] companies to [compensate] for ineffective management by releasing people from their employment.

[Hina Muqadas]

[Means] to be [fired] from [the job]

[Sonia]

Discharge a worker because of economic conditions or shortage of work.

[Jessica]

an occasion when a company stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily, because the company does not have enough money or enough work: