reduction in force

plural reductions in force

1. USeuphemisticbusinessA layoff.

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   The VA is scrapping those plans for now, but it is on pace to reduce the total number of staffers by nearly 30,000, “through the federal hiring freeze, deferred resignations, retirements and normal attrition,” the agency said in a news release, adding that those cuts will eliminate “the need for a large-scale reduction-in-force.”

   2025 July 7, Brian Todd, “VA walks back plans for mass layoffs but will still lose tens of thousands of jobs”, in CNN

   Synonyms: RIF