Furlough

furlough (noun) - 1. when workers stay away from work for a period of time, usually because there is not enough work to do, 2. when soldiers are given time away from their duties, 3. when prisoners are allowed to leave prison for a time period 

furlough workers
factories furloughing thousands of workers

furlough employees
announce furloughs
announce plans to furlough employees
United announces plans to furlough 20,000 employees; other airlines also begin cuts

unpaid furlough
take our existing staff and ask them for a week's furlough, unpaid time off

furloughed indefinitely
we  regret to inform you that your are being furloughed indefinitely

furlough notices
everyone is waiting for the other shoe to drop: Furlough notices will be coming any time
the carrier has said it plans to furlough up to 1,700 pilots over the next few months

 the airline said last month that it will have to furlough 200 pilots if its plan is rejected

US Airways should have first offered a voluntary furlough to its flight attendants before implementing a plan to lay off hundreds of workers

voluntary furlough
involuntary furlough
the transfer of more than 300 flight attendants from voluntary furlough to involuntary furlough

We may have to furlough some of the civilian workers
It plans to temporarily furlough workers at some plants as it cuts production

she had taken a brief furlough after her daughter was born

the auto giant announced it was looking to lay off or furlough or get buyouts from 30,000 of its 113,000 hourly employees

I currently work for the state of California and I'm off on furlough, being told my job may be cut because of the budget

they never need a furlough or vacation
an employee comes up for furlough
request for a furlough

after returning from my hurricane Katrina-forced furlough
while at home on a furlough from jail, he climbed out a bathroom window and absconded on a Lake Michigan ferry boat

a furlough program

he was on a weekend furlough from the prison
Texas prison official did not allow Rodriguez a furlough to attend the funeral

John Mitchell is out of jail on furlough for medical treatment

a prisoner's traditional right to funeral and deathbed furlough
out of prison on a furlough

a soldier on furlough clasps his duffel bag
His ten thousand infantrymen hadn't minded this unexpected furlough
we were married on the furlough I was granted just before my division embarked for Europe

grant a furlough
I'll give you a ten-day furlough
Her older brother, Roland, was home on furlough from World War II

His furlough is brief; in another week, he will be back on a bus

one of those instinctively sunny types, was not about to miss this furlough

Some military psychologists say the two-week furlough should be used as a vacation, not a time to play house

At first, the 15-day furlough felt endless. Now it felt fleeting

 a recession all but halted major airline hiring and put thousands of pilots on furlough

convicted murderer Willie Horton was paroled under a controversial furlough program

she had secured a position by late fall of that year, right as the furlough, the government shutdown, occurred

I cut short my furlough and went to join them

a two-week furlough
home on furlough

Posted by Jon Fernquest at 11:29 AM