furlough
Example Sentences
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The 44-year-old had been unable to find other work after getting furloughed and her husband, also a government contractor, was hunting for a second job to pay the bills.
In August, Spirit filed for bankruptcy protection and has slashed routes, relinquished gates to legacy airlines, and furloughed more than 2,000 pilots and flight attendants.
Worker furloughs, increased worker payments for healthcare, and other options could start to make a dent.
Most consumer prices in October won’t be published since furloughed employees at the the Bureau of Labor Statistics could not collect the data.
From MarketWatch
Even though she wasn’t furloughed during the shutdown, she estimates the risk of job loss now at around 10% or less.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
