Furlough

The corporal is on furlough.

The soldier returned home on a furlough.

Most government workers are on furlough.

Most Israelis were ordered to work at home, or put on furlough.

How was furlough?

And I had a lot of things on my mind and I pretty well forgot my promise to Mama until I got shipped home on a special furlough for her funeral.

The state estimates the one-day-a-month furlough spread over the 18 months of the plan would amount to a 5 percent cut in pay.

This implies, for example, that firms should not revise their estimated production capacity downwards when furloughing workers, but should do so after laying off staff permanently.