layoff

☆ lay·off (lā′ôf′)

noun

the act of laying off; esp., temporary unemployment, or the period of this

Etymology: < phr. lay off (see lay)

Converse of object

have: Having a long layoff means that you are no longer current.
follow: For me it was a welcome return to racing following a short layoff due to injury.
enforce: An enforced layoff is exactly what is needed to re-kindle my enthusiasm.
make: My firm would definitely make layoffs, but I've survived numerous culls before.
rotate: We had a very big internal debate - whether to continue with the policy of rotating layoffs, or reducing the working week.
face: August 15: Geoff Horsfield faces an even longer layoff than the three-game ban his red card won him on Sunday.

Preposition: in

sector: Layoffs in the structurally weak sectors will not be accelerated by unintended real wage increases.

Adjective modifier

lengthy: Long term casualty Steven Canning is well on course to making his way back from his lengthy layoff.
massive: Having presided over massive layoffs, he is now the most despised.
mass: Thousands have lost their jobs in mass layoffs even from the genomics and pharmaceutical sector.
long: Having a long layoff means that you are no longer current.
more: As one economy after another sinks into contraction, output subsides nearly everywhere -- more layoffs and closed factories, more unsold goods.
two-year: The 26-year-old from Canberra is on a comeback trail after a two-year layoff caused by a mystery back ailment.

Modifies a noun

Noun used with modifier

injury: Neil Baxter, last seen before Christmas, came into the center, while hooker Joe Ward also returned after a lengthy injury layoff.
mass: The firings mark the first mass layoff to take place under new CEO Jonathan Schwartz.
month: In the four month layoff Man have been writing a few tunes.
sector: Public Sector layoffs in Iraq have led to 70 % unemployment.
staff: The cost cutting measures, entail significant staff layoffs in all locations.

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