English-Dutch translations for lay off

de zak geven
ontslaan
Het enige doel van het bedrijf is 24 werknemers te ontslaan, onder wie 12 vakbondsvertegenwoordigers. The sole aim is to lay off 24 workers, 12 of whom are trade unions representatives. Veel bedrijven die mensen ontslaan om elders te produceren blijven winst maken. Many companies that lay off workers in order to operate elsewhere still make profits. Als je wacht tot je zwak bent, moet je veel drastischer maatregelen treffen en meer mensen ontslaan. If you wait until you are weak, you have to take much greater action and lay off more people.

To dismiss from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a w:Severance package|severance package
To cease, quit, stop (doing something
To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave alone

Lay off the singing, will you! Im trying to study.
When are you gonna lay off smoking?
Just lay off, okay! Ive had enough!
Things have been better since the boss has been laying off a little.
I told him to lay off me but he wouldnt stop.
Lay off it, already!
At any tipping off, not for holding a paint load. (Sourced from a web forum exchange
He shows me how to lay off the paint — and moves his paintbrush across the section he had already painted, again and again.

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