chômage technique — meaning in English
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English meaning
- furlough noun An authorized leave of absence, especially for military personnel or employees.
Senses
chômage technique is used for these senses in English:
- furlough A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
- furlough (transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
- layoff (chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
furlough — full definition
- noun An authorized leave of absence, especially for military personnel or employees.
- verb To place an employee on temporary unpaid leave, often to cut costs.