To layoff is to temporarily or permanently termina...

To layoff is to temporarily or permanently terminate or get rid of the staff / employee. This is usually done by a company / firm on account of a business slowdown as a result of which there is insufficient work to be allotted to an employee who is registered with the establishment and who has not yet been retrenched.

It is Suspension or termination of employment (with or without notice) by an employer or management. A company layoff involves the cessation of employee benefits such as salary or wages. The laid-off employees are paid laid-off compensation. All of the laid-off employees should be taken back in their usual posts, as soon as the layoff lifted out. It may be due to, one of the given reasons:

Shortage of raw materialsEconomic recessionBreakdown of machineryAccumulation of stocksDefinition of Retrenchment

Retrenchment is to reduce the amount of corporate expenses. When a company/firm implements retrenchment, it cuts off or minimises all the unnecessary expenditures, usually by cutting back on the diversity of products or services it offers and often reducing the size of its company by closing down some of its offices that don t necessarily mean a reduction in a company s workforce.

It simply means termination of employee s services, because of replacement of the worker by machines or closure of the unit due to the lack of product s demand, produced by the unit. In retrenchment