31.   They have meddled in the labor market, discouraging big firms from shedding workers.

32.   Those people will face a tough job market as other Japanese brokerages are trying to shed workers and slim down in a shrinking stock market.

33.   Those people will face a tough job market as other Japanese brokerage try to shed workers and slim down in a shrinking stock market.

34.   Unburdened by the requirements of the state, these steel companies are now shedding workers, dropping inefficient production lines and modernizing.

35.   Unemployment surged as companies, feeling the pinch of reduced demand, shed workers.

36.   When a company decides to shed workers, morale among employees can suffer, possibly translating into a drop in productivity, she added.

37.   While tech companies have been shedding workers, such employers as coffee retailer Starbucks have been hiring.

38.   As economic reforms continue, companies and banks will shed workers, depressing consumption and slowing economic growth in the first half next year, the ministry said.

39.   But he said unemployment could skyrocket as companies shed redundant workers.

40.   But the financial turmoil has forced businesses to shed workers and slim down.