noun
hiring freeze
Business and HR term for a temporary suspension of new hiring, often during cost-cutting or restructuring.
景気後退の影響で、会社は雇用凍結を発表した。
Due to the recession, the company announced a hiring freeze.
雇用凍結中は、新規採用が一切行われない。
During the hiring freeze, no new recruitment takes place at all.
Compound of 雇用 (employment) and 凍結 (freezing), literally 'employment freeze'.