furlough
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Furlough rates have ranged from about 15% to 40%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
Furlough ended on 30 September and as things stand there are no plans to bring it back.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2021
Furlough - or the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as it's officially known - was brought in by the government and has been praised for protecting millions of jobs.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2021
"Furlough ending is not the panacea some people think will magically fill labour supply gaps," said Mr Danker.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2021
The fourteen mice sat around a piece of wood balanced on spools of thread and listened in horror while Despereaux's father related the story of what Furlough had seen.
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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