layoff
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One of the provisions in the Blizzard contracts gives laid-off workers the right to be “recalled” into open jobs across Blizzard’s bargaining units for 14 months after the announcement of their layoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In late August, Apple announced a rare layoff of nearly 150 employees in machine learning and software engineering departments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The country’s largest bank filed six layoff notices between February and July, impacting nearly 800 employees in Texas, New Jersey, and California.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
In 2024, StubHub shuttered the customer-service campus it had opened to fanfare seven years earlier in Draper, Utah, cutting 297 jobs, according to a state layoff notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
No elite horse had ever returned to top form after such a serious injury and lengthy layoff.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
However, in the wake of widespread layoffs at various companies that employ entertainment writers, this closing of ranks within the world of entertainment publicity creates an “us vs. them” mentality.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
The newly announced job cuts represent the biggest round of layoffs in the network's history.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The case of Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems, a headlamp manufacturer that supplies Volkswagen among others, signals how sensitive layoffs have become in China’s flagging economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi announced the layoffs in a letter to employees Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
More banks failed, layoffs increased, industrial production sagged, and strikes grew more violent.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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