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<p>A <b>layoff</b> or <b>downsizing</b> is the temporary suspension or permanent <a href="page.php?w=termination_of_employment">termination of employment</a> of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees (collective layoff) for business reasons, such as personnel management or downsizing an organization. Originally, layoff referred exclusively to a temporary interruption in work, or <a href="page.php?w=employment">employment</a> but this has evolved to a permanent elimination of a position in both British and US English, requiring the addition</p><p>
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