Used nominally, usually with the definite article, to refer collectively to employees who have lost their jobs as a result of downsizing.
Traductions
licenciésAu pluriel, pour désigner les employés ayant perdu leur emploi à la suite d’une réduction d’effectifs. After the restructuring, the company offered job-placement services to the downsized.
Après la restructuration, l’entreprise a proposé des services de reclassement aux licenciés.
Définitions
Employees who have been laid off as a result of a company’s downsizing measures (usually used with the definite article). After the restructuring, the company offered job‐placement services to the downsized.