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Noun
1. downsizing by laying off part-time and temp. workers
Wikipedia definition
2. Haken-giriHaken-giri is the Japanese term for layoffs of temporary employees (haken) dispatched to companies by staffing agencies. In particular, it refers to the wave of layoffs that followed the financial crisis of 2008, which highlighted recent structural changes in the Japanese labor market and prompted calls for reform of the labor laws.
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