Some big companies have been making big layoffs.

She has vowed to make significant layoffs, especially at central headquarters and among cafeteria or maintenance workers, to shift money to the classrooms.

She said if not enough people agreed to leave voluntarily then the company would begin making layoffs.

But he says "we think attrition can go a lot further before you make layoffs."

In the past, companies would try to hold off making layoffs during the holiday season, but no longer.

You've all been remarkably quiet since the euro crisis started and the banks began making layoffs...

They also said they did not envision making layoffs.

Electric Boat said it hoped to avoid making additional layoffs until the second half of 1992.

The law requires companies to give 60 days' advance public notice when shutting down plants or making large layoffs.

With its employees having a stake in helping the company to survive, America West believes it can make layoffs and wage cuts more easily.