CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LAY OFF
PRESENT
Present
I lay off
you lay off
he/she/it lays off
we lay off
you lay off
they lay off
Present continuous
I am laying off
you are laying off
he/she/it is laying off
we are laying off
you are laying off
they are laying off
Present perfect
I have laid off
you have laid off
he/she/it has laid off
we have laid off
you have laid off
they have laid off
Present perfect continuous
I have been laying off
you have been laying off
he/she/it has been laying off
we have been laying off
you have been laying off
they have been laying off
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I laid off
you laid off
he/she/it laid off
we laid off
you laid off
they laid off
Past continuous
I was laying off
you were laying off
he/she/it was laying off
we were laying off
you were laying off
they were laying off
Past perfect
I had laid off
you had laid off
he/she/it had laid off
we had laid off
you had laid off
they had laid off
Past perfect continuous
I had been laying off
you had been laying off
he/she/it had been laying off
we had been laying off
you had been laying off
they had been laying off
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will lay off
you will lay off
he/she/it will lay off
we will lay off
you will lay off
they will lay off
Future continuous
I will be laying off
you will be laying off
he/she/it will be laying off
we will be laying off
you will be laying off
they will be laying off
Future perfect
I will have laid off
you will have laid off
he/she/it will have laid off
we will have laid off
you will have laid off
they will have laid off
Future perfect continuous
I will have been laying off
you will have been laying off
he/she/it will have been laying off
we will have been laying off
you will have been laying off
they will have been laying off
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would lay off
you would lay off
he/she/it would lay off
we would lay off
you would lay off
they would lay off
Conditional continuous
I would be laying off
you would be laying off
he/she/it would be laying off
we would be laying off
you would be laying off
they would be laying off
Conditional perfect
I would have lay off
you would have lay off
he/she/it would have lay off
we would have lay off
you would have lay off
they would have lay off
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been laying off
you would have been laying off
he/she/it would have been laying off
we would have been laying off
you would have been laying off
they would have been laying off
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you lay off
we let´s lay off
you lay off
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
laying off
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
3 QUOTES WITH «LAY OFF»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
lay off.
If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur.
It happens to the best of them. You lay off singing and your throat gets out of practice. No excuses. I blew it.
I'm not sure that some governors just don't want to lay off people for the sake of laying off people and being able to say they did.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAY OFF»
Discover the use of
lay off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lay off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAWS
In the above case, Venkatararniah, J. observed that by enacting S. 25J(2),
Parliament, perhaps, intended that the rights and liabilities arising out of lay-off
and retrenchment should be uniform throughout India where the Central Act was
in force ...
45.10 Conditions Under Which the Workmen can be Laid Off (a) Under the
Traditional Law Under the traditional laws, the management has the right to lay
off its workers and readjust the labour force to suit the requirements of work. But
then ...
3
Directions for laying
off ships on the mould-loft floor. ...
To lay off the bevelling edge of the transoms To lay off the wing transom . . . . . . To
make the moulds, and take the bevellings of the transoms To lay off a transom
with the plane of its upper surfaces canted upwards . To lay off the horizontal ...
4
Comprehensive treatise on land surveying, comprising the ...
oion to the head of the T square, which hold fast with one hand till the other hand
slides the T square parallel to A ; draw the bearing, and lay off upon it the
distance, which is 560 links from A to C *. Again, apply the T to 89° and 0, and
move it ...
5
Comprehensive treatise on land surveying
Again, apply the T to 89° and O, and move it parallel to C ; then draw the bearing,
and lay off the distance 395 to D, and 300 more to.E; apply the T to © and 162°
48', and slide it parallel to E; draw the bearing, and lay off the distance 870 to B, ...
6
A treatise on land surveying [ed.] by W. Galbraith
Lay the T on 0 and 177o 36', and move it parallel to D; draw in the bearing 177o
36', and lay off the distance 630 to F ; lay the T on 0 and 68o 48', and move it
parallel to F, and draw in the bearing, and lay off the distance 778 to G ; lay the T
...
John Ainslie, William Galbraith, 1849
Lay-off is permissible only with regard to manual workers, not salaried
employees. Further restrictions are attached to the wages system. If a worker is
paid by results or by the hour, lay-off is usually permitted, if nothing else is agreed
upon, ...
Axel Adlercreutz, Birgitta Nyström, 2010
8
Industrial Relations and Labour Laws
The absence of these circumstances will not amount to a "lay-off within the
meaning of Section 2 (kkk) of the Act. Second, the expression "for any other
reason" occurring in Section 2 (kkk) are ejus Jem generis with the preceding
expression.9 ...
Suresh C. Srivastava, 2007
9
Directions for Laying
Off Ships on the Mould Loft Floor ...
John Fincham. Page. Sect. To re-apply the Mould to obtain the athwart- ship form
- To take and apply the Bevellings To lay off the Side Counter Timber, when it
revolves on a vertical axis, to bring it on a vertical plane - - To mould the Timbers
- .
10
Labour Laws for Managers
Section 2 (kk) of the Act defines lay-off. It means "the failure, refusal or inability of
an employer on account of shortage of coal and power or raw material or the
accumulation of stocks or the breakdown of machinery or for any other reason to
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAY OFF»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
lay off is used in the context of the following news items.
Critics should lay off Home of Golf | Stuff.co.nz
Yes, I'm writing this not long after a first round at this year's British Open golf championship that saw players tear apart the most famous layout at ... «Timaru Herald, Jul 15»
How to escape a lay off - The Times of India
Thus employees have been asked to work hard on their targets lest they become a lay-off victim. Sucharita Garg, an HR manager with a ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
Republic Steel to idle some operations in Lorain, lay off 125 …
Republic Steel said Friday, July 17, that it will lay off about 125 employees as a result of the temporary idling of hot-end operations at the ... «Crain's Cleveland Business, Jul 15»
Pearson to lay off hundreds in Austin - Austin Business Journal
Pearson, a provider of standardized tests and related services, will lay off more than… more. Testing service provider Pearson will lay off ... «Austin Business Journal, Jul 15»
GOP funding bill would force the NLRB to lay off one-third of its staff
WASHINGTON (PAI) - The Obama administration is blasting a Republican-authored money bill for the National Labor Relations Board, the ... «People's World, Jul 15»
Microsoft Corporation To Lay Off 1100 Workers At Nokia Factory
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is laying off 1100 employees in its Nokia development unit plant in the Finnish city of Salo, in a big blow ... «Bidness ETC, Jul 15»
Tata to lay off UK staff
London - Tata Steel, Britain's largest steelmaker, may cut up to 720 UK jobs in a revamp of its speciality and bar business, which has been hit ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
Cloquet mill to lay off about 250 workers
Sappi Fine Paper North America will temporarily lay off about 250 workers from its mill in Cloquet, Minn., on July 21, closing its paper-making ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jul 15»
Mundet-Hermetite to close Buena Vista plant, lay off 46
Mundet-Hermetite Inc., a Buena Vista manufacturer of cigarette tipping, announced Wednesday that it will close its plant. The company notified ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
Southern California Haggen stores lay off workers, cut back hours
The supermarket chain Haggen has laid off employees and is cutting back workers' hours, according to union and company officials. Courtesy ... «San Bernardino County Sun, Jul 15»
