furlough
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Production at the business, which employs about 1,300 people, was paused several months ago, with staff put on furlough on reduced wages.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The horses get five weeks of furlough every year, 24/7 attention at the stables, regular veterinary care and a day off whenever temperatures exceed 90 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He guided the company through the pandemic and made a then-prescient call to not furlough employees during the earliest days of Covid, helping restaurants to recover more quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Unified’s already adopted plan calls for more than 6,000 job reductions, slashing up to $500 million per year in extra services for schools with the greatest needs and seven unpaid furlough days for each worker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
But the first time she went on furlough to Berkeley, she had nearly had a stroke.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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The county has limited authority over the program because decisions about educational furloughs are made by the courts, according to Wagner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Further strains resulting from furloughs would compound the issues, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
Worker furloughs, increased worker payments for healthcare, and other options could start to make a dent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Some park employees said the furloughs have compounded stressors from firings, retirements and buyouts over the last year or so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
Orders were coming every hour to hurry on the reserves and the Gardes Mobiles, and to cancel renewable furloughs; the gendarmerie had no rest.
From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Alexandre Chatrian
The company furloughed the majority of its employees, shuttered its operations and filed for bankruptcy the following month, according to the indictment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Most DHS headquarters staff, policy offices and oversight units aren’t considered essential and have been furloughed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Jerry furloughed all his employees and shut down for three months, until the theater was allowed to reopen with strict social distancing rules in place.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
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 ● Dec. 17, 2025
Many were furloughed for a short time and returned home.
From Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles by John McElroy
He later took aim at bloated government monopolies posing as state companies, furloughing tens of millions and courting foreign investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Even if there is a shutdown, Marcus expects that most tax-return processing will continue and that the IRS will avoid furloughing workers.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
It also recently announced that it would be furloughing 270 pilots and downgrading around 140 captains to first officers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Ford said Wednesday it was laying off another 400 workers in Michigan starting Thursday because of the strike after previously furloughing 930 workers, and Stellantis 370 workers in Ohio and Indiana because of the strike.
From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2023
General Echols then issued an order furloughing the infantry soldiers for sixty days.
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Basil Wilson Duke
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