According to one former close colleague the decision was unprecedented in the company, which traditionally did not lay off staff.

During this period, the magazine also laid off staff.

Considered employee-friendly, the labor law makes it difficult to lay off staff.

"There's nothing to stop a nursing home operation from laying off staff and making that money."

You might usually expect a turnaround specialist to cut costs and lay off staff.

Gwenda Brown also knows what it feels like to lay off staff.

The company laid off staff in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

The global sales especially of cars has gone down, forcing the Swedish car industry to lay off staff and contractors.

The theatre has already laid off staff because of budget cuts.

The workers became pretty gloomy when they heard that the company was going to be laying off staff.