1.
redundancy pay (ie given to sb made redundant)
遣散费（给予被裁减人员的）.
2.
The company reduced its staff as a result of mismanagement.
这个公司由于经营不善而裁减人员。
3.
If an employer that has cut the employment according to the provisions of this article recruits workers again within six months, priority shall be given to the employees being formerly cut.
用人单位依据本条规定裁减人员，在六个月内录用人员的，应当优先录用被裁减的人员。
4.
Where the employing unit is to recruit personnel six months after the personnel reduction effected according to the stipulations of this section, the reduced personnel shall have the priority to be re-employed.
用人单位依据本条规定裁减人员，在六个月内录用的，应当优先录用被裁减的人员。
5.
There is a clause in the contract which says the company can fire people for economic reasons.
合同中有一项条款说公司可以出于经济原因而裁减人员。
6.
The company decreased the number of workers.
公司裁减了工作人员。
7.
They decided to keep down non-productive personnel
他们决定缩减(裁减)非生产人员。
8.
The news of more cuts has raised the specter of redundancies once again.
关于进一步裁减的消息让人们担心会再次裁员。
9.
The company is running down its sales force.
这家公司正在裁减推销人员.
10.
In April 1908, we cut our white-collar ranks by seven thousand people.
1908年4月，我们一下子就裁减白领人员7000人。
11.
natural wastage( loss of employees because they retire or move to other jobs and not through redundancy)
自然减员（因雇员退休或离职造成的,并非人为裁减）.
12.
It's a good thing to comb out the government departments
在政府各部门中裁减多余人员是件好事。
13.
I have several proposals for cutting down on office staff.
对于裁减办公室工作人员，我提出几个建议。
14.
Companies set fewer job cuts last month than in July.
跟7月相比，公司上个月裁员人数有所减少。
15.
Reducing military personnel by compressing the scale of the armed forces.
压缩规模，裁减军队员额。
16.
II. Military Personnel Reduced by One Million
二、裁减军队员额一百万
17.
cut away the deadwood in the Civil Service
裁减行政机构的冗员
18.
In 1985 the government decided unilaterally to cut its troops by one million men in real terms. By 1990, the total reduction had reached 1.039 million men.
1985年，中国政府决定单方面裁减军队员额100万，至1990年实际裁减103.9万人。