English-Spanish translations for layoff

• despido
  En un año de despidos masivos, este aspecto resulta bastante relevante. In a year of massive layoffs, this aspect is hardly beside the point.
  Dado que, en su mayoría, son mujeres quienes trabajan en estos sectores, los despidos las afectan con especial incidencia. As it is mostly women working in these sectors, layoffs mainly affect them.
  Para una Europa social, empecemos por prohibir todos los despidos de las empresas que obtienen beneficios. To achieve a social Europe, let us begin by banning layoffs on the part of firms in profit.

Definition of layoff

• A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct
• A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick

Synonyms

• downsizing
• reduction in force
• redundancy

Related words

• playoff
• playoff beard
• third place playoff