Each of the Following Is an Example of a Layoff

question 19

Multiple Choice

Each of the following is an example of a layoff EXCEPT:

• A) The sales coordinator resigns and you decide not to fill the position, but rather have her duties absorbed by other employees.
• B) Twenty patient care employees were sent home today and told not to return for three weeks due to an expected lower patient census over the next few weeks.
• C) The marketing department will be working part days for the next four months while their offices are being renovated. Once renovations are complete they will return to their full time positions.
• D) An auto manufacturer announces the closing of one of its plants which will impact the jobs of more than 500 employees permanently.
• E) A a chain of retail store decreases its sales staff located in "beach towns" during the winter months due to less tourist traffic and lower sales.

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Definitions:

Magnetic Field

A region around a magnetic material or moving electric charge within which the force of magnetism acts.

Synchronous Speed

The speed of the rotating magnetic field of an AC induction motor.

Squirrel-Cage Rotor

The rotor of an AC induction motor constructed by connecting metal bars together at each end.

Rotor Bars

Conductive bars typically found in the rotor of an induction motor, which carry current to produce a magnetic field that interacts with the stator field.