furlough

furlough /'f3lo/
n. 休假 輪休 外散
v. 准予休假 解雇 裁員

unpaid holidays, unpaid furloughs

NEW YORK Gannett is implementing a long-rumored furlough(休假) program that wil require most U.S. employees to take a week off without pay.


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sued the state's Democratic controller Monday, trying to force furloughs(裁員) for 15,000 more government workers to address California's $42 billion deficit


[ref] http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003930013

[ref] http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/america/California-Furloughs.php

[ref] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/furlough