It pays laid off workers up to half of their previous wages while they look for work.

失业的人们在找工作期间可以领取相当于原来一半工资的失业保险金。

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It pays laid-off workers up to half of their previous wages while they look for work.

失业的人们在找工作期间可以领取相当于原来一半工资的失业保险金。

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The new stadiums heralded a construction boom, but many of the workers who built them have already been laid off and are without work.

新的体育场馆拔地而起，但建造它们的许多工人已经下岗，无法重新找到工作。

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but seven months ago she was laid off. Now every morning she arrives to the job center at 7:00 to try to find new work.

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Vanani says that nearly 50 percent of the work force has been laid off.

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Many people also likely started businesses in 2010 because they got laid off or their work hours or pay got scaled back.

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"It is never a good idea to broadcast being laid off or out of work, " he says.

CNN: Web tips for the newly unemployed

We just laid off 10% of our work force, and we are unable to pay you what we owe you at this time.

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