1.   The company laid off employees and cut expenses to the bone.

2.   While the company laid off some employees, others had hopes of keeping their jobs.

3.   And because private contractors have not been paid by the government, those companies are laying off workers.

4.   And some labor experts say the thriving economy has also helped, since accusations of bias often proliferate when companies are laying off workers.

5.   And some labor experts say the thriving economy has also helped, since allegations of bias often proliferate during times when companies are laying off workers.

6.   As a result, companies laid off hundreds of thousands of people.

7.   As profits fall further, companies will lay off workers and reduce production to respond to weakening consumer demand.

8.   As the years passed, the traffic grew thinner as the company laid off workers and eventually shuttered its building.

9.   At least one local company is laying off some therapists, checking on others.

10.   A high unemployment rate often signals that companies are laying off workers as a result of financial difficulties which, in turn, can lead to lower production.