Definition

1. Noun:
   • Layoff of workers / Workforce reduction: The act of an employer, typically a capitalist or company, dismissing or letting go of a portion of its workers, often to reduce costs or due to a lack of work.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Công ty đang có kế hoạch giãn thợ. (The company is planning a workforce reduction.)
  • Tình hình khó khăn dẫn đến việc giãn thợ. (The difficult situation led to worker layoffs.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "giãn thợ" is often used in economic or business contexts discussing labor relations, recessions, or corporate downsizing. It implies a strategic, often temporary, reduction in the workforce.

Variants and Related Words

• Sa thải (v): to fire, to dismiss.
  • Họ đã sa thải nhiều nhân viên. (They fired many employees.)
• Cắt giảm nhân sự (n): staff reduction, personnel cut.
  • Đợt cắt giảm nhân sự đã ảnh hưởng đến mọi phòng ban. (The staff reduction affected all departments.)

Synonyms

• Layoff: the act of dismissing workers, usually temporarily, due to economic reasons.
• Workforce reduction: the process of decreasing the number of employees.
• Downsizing: reducing the number of people employed by a company.

Related Idioms

• While "giãn thợ" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it is conceptually related to phrases describing economic hardship for workers, such as "thất nghiệp" (unemployment) or "mất việc" (to lose one's job).