Staff are also being asked to take unpaid leave over the summer to cut costs.

He asking staff to do the same or take unpaid leave.

Many players of that generation also had to take unpaid leave from work just to play.

He said many miners had been asked to take unpaid leave.

A little more than 42 percent took unpaid leave, according to the government’s calculations.

In May, workers were offered the chance to take unpaid leave for between a month and a year, or work part-time.

Academics almost always take unpaid leave when they join the Government.

Employees will be required to either use vacation time or take unpaid leave for that period.

When we go to training camps Trevor always has to take unpaid leave.

Support staff are being fired; academics must take unpaid leave.

The parent is able to take unpaid leave for the remaining period up to 52 weeks after the birth.

Protection for family caregivers so they can take unpaid leave of up to six months and not lose their jobs.

Just witness the increasing number of companies asking employees to take unpaid leave.

He also took unpaid leave to help out because a job with less money is better than no job at all.

Some 800 staff volunteered to work for nothing during July and 7,000 more took unpaid leave to help their employer.

He has sold his house and taken unpaid leave to do the whole circumnavigation.

British Airways has asked many of its staff to work part-time or take unpaid leave.

Poor workers rarely take unpaid leave - they can't afford the luxury.

He would take unpaid leave to go filming, then return to his job and weep.

“Asking people to take unpaid leave is the easiest way to reduce costs.

Non-essential public services have been closed, with staff forced to take unpaid leave.

The Act provides the right of any worker to reduce working hours or to take unpaid leave with the employer’s consent.

He takes unpaid leave from his university job when he is traveling on company business.

A spokeswoman said: "There are a lot of options for staff and stores including taking unpaid leave."