furlough
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The district plan also includes unpaid furlough days for workers, but employees unions so far are not going along.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The horses get five weeks of furlough every year, 24/7 attention at the stables, regular veterinary care and a day off whenever temperatures exceed 90 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He guided the company through the pandemic and made a then-prescient call to not furlough employees during the earliest days of Covid, helping restaurants to recover more quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The district’s plan already calls for unpaid furlough days beginning as early as fall break this year; if they are not in place, the county has said it will consider escalating to a fiscal adviser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Well, if you’re on furlough you must know when you have to be back.”
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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The county has limited authority over the program because decisions about educational furloughs are made by the courts, according to Wagner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Further strains resulting from furloughs would compound the issues, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is expected to discuss the furloughs and shutdown during a news conference in Nevada on Monday.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
The newspaper reported that staff at the agency had been told that furloughs could begin as soon as Friday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
The command was much weakened, not only by the detachments which had again been sent out, but by furloughs allowed men who lived in the immediate vicinity.
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Basil Wilson Duke
Economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics were not able to collect all the usual price data in October and November because they were furloughed and unable to work.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026
Thousands of federal DHS employees have been furloughed, while others have been asked to keep working without pay until Congress passes a budget.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
The company furloughed the majority of its employees, shuttered its operations and filed for bankruptcy the following month, according to the indictment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Jerry furloughed all his employees and shut down for three months, until the theater was allowed to reopen with strict social distancing rules in place.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
General Badeau claims, besides, six thousand furloughed men and conscripts as joining the army between the 20th of April and the 4th of May.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
After a 50% sale of the company to Fiat in 1969, Ferrari was losing money and furloughing workers due to a misguided strategy of overproduction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Even if there is a shutdown, Marcus expects that most tax-return processing will continue and that the IRS will avoid furloughing workers.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
“The minute you tell them, ‘no money,’ even if it’s for a few days or a few weeks, they probably need to think about closing their doors temporarily and furloughing employees.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
That could force him into a decision about whether to begin furloughing employees until the mess is cleaned up.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
The Resolutions on the Journal, instructing the ministers in Europe to remonstrate against the carrying off the negroes—also those for furloughing the troops—passed unanimously. p.
From The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society
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