Whether out of dedication, boredom or fear of appearing expendable, many seemed unable to relish the forced vacation.

Thousands had been laid off or sent home on forced vacations, receiving 80 percent of their salaries.

The museum's told us all to stay home for the rest of this week- a kind of forced vacation.

She was ordered to leave Beijing for a forced vacation during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

But now, with the relentlessness of layoffs, no one seems to be celebrating a forced vacation.

Thousands of people formally employed are on "forced vacation," trying to survive high inflation while getting less than 20 percent of their normal pay.

We're all so upset about Emily's forced vacation.

As production falls, 5,000 of the workers do not have a full day's work and some have been sent home on forced vacations.

The rest have been on forced vacation for more than a month.

The day already had an odd feel to it - idle, unstructured, without purpose or appeal - like a forced vacation in a cutrate resort.