personnel cut; workforce reduction; layoff
Refers to reducing the number of employees, often as a cost-cutting measure. Common in business and economic news.
The company is proceeding with workforce reductions.
Due to the recession, many companies resorted to personnel cuts.
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in news and business contexts.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes seen in informal writing.
Compound of 人 (ひと, 'person') and 減らし (べらし, the noun form of 減らす, 'to reduce').