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LAY OFF [23 records]

Record 1 2023-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

... priority [given to a person who has been laid off] for appointment without competition or appeal to a position in the public service for which, in the opinion of the PSC [Public Service Commission], they are qualified.

Key term(s)
  • lay off priority

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Priorité dont bénéficient les personnes mises en disponibilité, qui permet à la CFP [Commission de la fonction publique] de les nommer en priorité, sans concours ou appel, aux postes pour lesquels elle les juge qualifiées dans la fonction publique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

[...] the seasonal layoffs were expected, given the fact that the airline’s business slowed down when the winter flying season to vacation hot spots ended.

Key term(s)
  • seasonal lay off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

[...] les mises à pied saisonnières étaient attendues, compte tenu du fait que les activités du transporteur ralentissent lorsque la saison hivernale des séjours aux destinations soleil prend fin.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

When mass layoffs occur, Service Canada reaches out to employers and workers to offer information sessions related to EI [employment insurance], work-sharing and other supports, usually within 48 hours of a known layoff (e.g. softwood and automotive industries, major retail).

Key term(s)
  • known lay-off
  • known lay off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

Lorsque des mises à pied massives se produisent, Service Canada communique avec les employeurs et les travailleurs pour leur offrir des séances d'information sur l'assurance-emploi, le travail partagé et d'autres mesures de soutien, habituellement dans les 48 heures suivant une mise à pied connue (p. ex., dans les industries du bois d'œuvre et de l'automobile, dans les grands magasins de détail).

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
CONT

Some ledge-nesting alcids such as the Common Murre and Thick-billed Murre lay pyriform eggs, which are less likely to roll off.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
CONT

En outre, certains alcidés tels que la Marmette de Troïl et la Marmette de Brünnich pondent des œufs piriformes, qui risquent moins de tomber de la corniche où ils nichent.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transfer of Personnel
DEF

To terminate the employment of a person because of lack of work or the discontinuance of a function.

OBS

The recommended spelling for the verb form is "lay off". The recommended spelling for the noun form is "layoff".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilité du personnel
DEF

Mettre fin à l'emploi d'une personne en raison d'une pénurie de travail ou de la suppression d'une fonction.

OBS

Mettre en disponibilité : selon le Règlement sur l'emploi dans la fonction publique.

OBS

Mettre en disponibilité : terme préféré dans l'administration publique fédérale.

OBS

Au sens général, ces termes sont synonymes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traslado del personal
DEF

Dar fin a un trabajo debido a escasez de demanda.

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Record 6 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Training of Personnel
Universal entry(ies)
P021
classification system code, see observation
OBS

This course will examine communication and coping strategies, the priority administration system as well as the processes involved with the selection of employees for retention and lay off. Participants will familiarize themselves with the Work Force Adjustment Directive and learn how to prepare in the event that their position is affected.

OBS

P021: a Canada School of Public Service course code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
P021
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Ce cours porte sur les stratégies de communication et d'adaptation, le système d'administration des priorités ainsi que le processus de sélection aux fins de maintien en poste et de mise en disponibilité. Les participants se familiariseront avec la Directive sur le réaménagement des effectifs et apprendront à se préparer à l'éventualité où leur poste serait touché.

OBS

P021 : code de cours de l'École de la fonction publique du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Public Administration (General)
CONT

Unlike in the private sector, deputy heads do not have the flexibility to deal with extraordinary situations that may arise with their executives, such as lack of right fit. Executive separation represents a policy gap for deputy heads, who are vested with the powers to hire, reward, lay off, discipline and terminate executives for cause, but who have no flexibility to manage situations of executive separation without cause...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
CONT

Contrairement aux dirigeants du secteur privé, les administrateurs généraux n'ont pas la latitude pour gérer les situations extraordinaires concernant leurs cadres supérieurs, comme dans les cas où leurs qualifications ne concordent pas avec les exigences de leur fonction. Les administrateurs généraux se heurtent à une lacune en matière de politique lorsqu'il est question de cessation d'emploi des cadres supérieurs, car bien qu'ils aient l'autorité d'embaucher, de récompenser, de mettre en disponibilité, de discipliner et de renvoyer pour cause les cadres supérieurs, ils n'ont aucune latitude dans les cas de cessation d'emploi «sans cause» [...]

OBS

lacune en matière de politique; lacune dans les politiques : expressions habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • lacunes en matière de politique
  • lacunes dans les politiques

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Courts
CONT

The Tribunal found no convincing evidence suggesting that the complainant's age or gender had an impact on the respondent's decision to lay her off. The complainant was not on the best of terms with her supervisor, who prepared her performance reviews, and scored the reverse order of merit.

OBS

When a party has the burden of proof, the party must present, through testimony and exhibits, enough evidence to support the claim. The amount of evidence required varies from claim to claim. For most civil claims, there are two different evidentiary standards: preponderance of the evidence, and clear and convincing evidence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Tribunaux
CONT

Le Tribunal n’a trouvé aucune preuve convaincante suggérant que l’âge ou le sexe de la plaignante aurait eu un impact sur la décision de l’intimé de la mettre endisponibilité. La plaignante n’était pas en très bons termes avec son superviseur, qui a préparé ses évaluations du rendement et l’a cotée en fonction de l’ordre inverse du mérite.

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
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Record 10 2009-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

"continuous", in relation to employment, membership or service, means without regard to periods of temporary suspension of the employment, membership or service and without regard to periods of lay-off from employment.

Key term(s)
  • period of lay off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

«continu» En ce qui concerne un emploi, l'affiliation ou le service, signifie qu'il n'est pas tenu compte des interruptions temporaires de cet emploi, de cette affiliation ou de ce service, et qu'il n'est pas tenu compte des périodes de mise à pied.

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
CONT

Wreaths may or may not be part of a commemorative service, though they are very common for ceremonies on November 11. During the wreath laying, appropriate music may be played, such as "Abide with Me" or "O Valiant Hearts. "The wreath is usually carried by someone walking alongside the person who is to lay the wreath. The two approach, briefly pause, exchange the wreath, place it(often on a stand), step back, pause for a moment(military personnel will salute), turn to the right and walk off. Protocol dictates the order in which the wreaths will be laid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)
CONT

Bien qu'elles soient courantes lors des cérémonies commémoratives du 11 novembre, les couronnes ne sont pas essentielles. Pendant le dépôt des couronnes, on joue de la musique de circonstance, comme «Hymnes du Souvenir» ou «Toute Ma Vie». En général, la couronne est portée par une personne marchant à côté de la personne qui déposera la couronne. Les deux s'approchent, font une courte pause, échangent la couronne, la placent (souvent sur un support), reculent, font une pause (le personnel militaire saluera), tournent à droite et s'en vont. Le protocole dicte l'ordre dans lequel les couronnes seront déposées.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
DEF

This is a payment either in a lump sum amount or in weekly or other instalments to individuals who leave the service of a company without fault of their own. It is not dismissal pay or complete severance pay, but generally payment to a person who is temporarily terminated from employment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
DEF

Compensation versée au salarié qui doit quitter le service de l'employeur faute de travail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Convenios colectivos y negociaciones
  • Remuneración (Gestión del personal)
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Record 14 2001-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Law
CONT

(1) The Director has exclusive authority to(a) appoint, lay off or terminate the employment of the employees of the Centre; and(b) establish standards, procedures and processes governing staffing, including the appointment, lay-off or termination of the employment of employees otherwise than for cause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit administratif
CONT

Le directeur a le pouvoir exclusif : a) de nommer, mettre en disponibilité ou licencier les employés du Centre; b) d'élaborer des normes et méthodes régissant la dotation en personnel, notamment la nomination, la mise en disponibilité ou le licenciement -- à l'exclusion du licenciement motivé.

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • National and International Economics
CONT

Wharton is a powerful symbol of where our country went wrong in the 1980s. It was here at Wharton that Michael Milken got the idea to use junk bonds to leverage corporate buyouts--a quick-buck scheme that was supposed to shake up failed management but too often forced corporations to lay off workers in formerly profitable plants, reduce R&D, and ultimately to go bankrupt or sell out again under the crushing burden of unserviceable debt.

CONT

Even the stronger enterprises were not immune from the problem of unserviceable debt as the state had in the past arbitrarily absorbed their profits and forced them to build up a large stock of debt.

CONT

Total Third World debt is in the hundreds of billions, piled up under the auspices of the World Bank and sister agencies when they were attempting to impose their brand of global statism on any country desperate or corrupt enough to accept the money. The majority of these loans are unlikely to be repaid, especially those to the poorest nations. This creates a problem for the people who run the World Bank, a band of bureaucrats who for years claimed that their lending practices were sound and that their loan default rates were low. What the loans did, aside from provide tax-free employment opportunities for thousands of World Bank credit officers, was create scores of nations with large, unserviceable debt burdens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Économie nationale et internationale

Spanish

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Record 16 1996-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship Maintenance
  • Outfitting of Ships

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des navires
  • Armement et gréement
DEF

Cesser de maintenir un navire en état d'exploitation, en retirant son armement ou en faisant débarquer l'équipage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mantenimiento de los buques
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
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Record 17 1995-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
DEF

Where output expands so slowly that companies are forced to lay off workers and unemployment rises.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques

Spanish

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Record 18 1994-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Perte d'emploi temporaire.

OBS

Lexique de l'assurance-chômage, Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1992.

Spanish

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Record 19 1993-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Lexique de l'assurance-chômage, Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1992.

Spanish

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Record 20 1991-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
CONT

Replica filters are made as follows : A. Prepare in advance a stack of sterile Whatman 3MM filters(one for each filter plus a few spares). B. Peel the master nitrocellulose filter off the storage plate and lay it colony side up on a dampened pad of sterile, 3MM filter paper. C. Number a damp, sterile nitrocellulose filter and lay it on the master nitrocellulose filter. D. Press the two filters firmly together with a velvet replica-plating tool. E. Orient the two filters by placing a series of holes made in the pair of filters with an 18-gauge needle. F. Peel apart the filters. Lay the replica on a fresh agar plate and incubate at 37 ° C until colonies appear. G. Replace the master nitrocellulose filter on a fresh agar plate containing 25% glycerol. Incubate for 1 hour at 37 ° C and then freeze as described in step 6 above.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Biochimie

Spanish

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Record 21 1988-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances

Spanish

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Record 22 1981-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel

Spanish

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Record 23 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi

Spanish

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