Slowly, the parties in these states atrophied, laying off staff members and allowing their network of local volunteers to dwindle.

Many were ordering workers to take unpaid leave, and some were actually laying off staff members.

Japanese banks have not been shy, however, about laying off foreign staff members.

Hotels have also had to lay off staff members.

The job cuts mark the first time in well over a decade that the public hospitals have systematically laid off professional patient-care staff members.

The museum had to lay off staff members this spring, and attendance at its new SoHo branch has been too low to cover expenses.

The club finally had to lay off staff members in late 1976 and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1977.

Rutgers has already begun laying off noninstructional staff members and cutting programs.

Some of them fear going out of business; some expect to cut existing programs; others talk about laying off staff members.

Nor does he want to lay off nurses or other essential staff members because that, too, could hurt his business.