layoff

It turned into the longest injury layoff of his career—and it lasted just 16 games.

Hiring and layoffs were little changed in August, according to data published Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, potentially easing fears of a fast collapse in the U.S. labor markets.

Overall, the administration expects the federal workforce to end the year with hundreds of thousands fewer employees, attributed to a hiring freeze, layoffs and voluntary departures.

Tighter requirements sometimes precede or follow layoff announcements, including at Amazon, AT&T and Dell, said Brian Elliott, a former Google and Slack executive who runs Work Forward.

Then she was part of a large layoff last year and has been looking ever since.