1.   A concrete foundation is laid after digging down to firm ground.

2.   A man laid off after years in a union mine may receive several thousand dollars in severance pay.

3.   Enron kept hiring employees right up to its collapse, recruiters said, meaning that some workers were laid off after working for Enron for just a few weeks.

4.   People who have been laid off after years with a company can be particularly devastated, he said.

5.   The electricity companies and communications carriers have been removing the above-ground cables they laid immediately after the attacks to reconnect Wall Street.

6.   The week after Thanksgiving, he was laid off after a year and a half as the footwear manager for Gucci in Union Square.

7.   Workers who are laid off after spending only a short time in the workforce also suffer under the current system, according to the report.

8.   Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, pilgrims placed silk cloths and Bibles on the slab, where tradition says Jesus was laid after his death.

9.   It also has filed complaints about two other instances when employees were fired or laid off after union activities.

10.   The Government also needs to be more specific on the safety-net programs in order to reduce the fear of workers who could be laid off after privatization.