The act of terminating someone's employment; SYN. discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking.
Sacking or firing of a worker. Workers may be dismissed because they are not doing their job properly, for example, because of excessive absenteeism. Alternatively, if the worker is made redundant, it is because the firm no longer has a need for that particular worker. Workers who are unfairly dismissed can appeal to an industrial tribunal. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin exenptio a removing: cf. French exemption exemption.
1. An act exempting someone; SYN. immunity, granting immunity.
2. Immunity from an obligation or duty; SYN. freedom.

Loss of a person’s job because the job no longer exists. This may occur because the business is shrinking in size or going bankrupt, for example, due to a recession in the economy. The firm may have introduced labor-saving technology so that fewer workers are now needed to produce the same output as before. The firm may be changing its product mix, stopping or reducing production of one line but expanding elsewhere. The government provides a minimum standard of redundancy pay through the national insurance fund. Some companies may pay redundancy rates well above the minimum. How much workers receive depends on age, weekly wage, and number of years of service with their present employer.
1. The attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; SYN. redundance.
2. Repetition of an act needlessly.
3c. Repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission.
4. (Electronics) A system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails. + prikaži više

1. Activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion; SYN. outlet.
2. A process that liberates or discharges something
3. A formal written statement of relinquishment; SYN. waiver, discharge.
4. (Music) The act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone; SYN. tone ending.
5. Something issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) + prikaži više