abeyance
break
caesura
cashiering
cease-fire
conge
cyclical unemployment
day off
deposal
discharge
disemployment
dismissal
displacing
downsizing
drop
drumming out
firing
forced separation
furlough
furloughing
hesitation
holiday
inoccupation
interim
interlude
intermezzo
intermission
intermittence
interruption
interval
lapse
letup
lull
normal unemployment
pause
pink slip
recess
reduction in force
remission
removal
respite
rest
retirement
seasonal unemployment
stand-down
stay
surplusing
suspension
technological unemployment
the ax
closedown
closing
closure
shutdown
bankruptcy
closings
cutback
downturn
foreclosures
joblessness
merger
outages
privatization
receivership
reorganization
restructure
secondment
spin-off
unemployment
payoff
playoff