Personnel reduction — reducing staff in an organization, often done for cost-cutting or efficiency; commonly used in business and news contexts.
不況のため会社は大規模な人員削減を発表した。
Due to the recession, the company announced a large‑scale personnel reduction.
人員削減の結果、残った社員の業務量が増えた。
As a result of the personnel cuts, the remaining employees' workload increased.
労働組合は人員削減に強く反対した。
The labor union strongly opposed the personnel reductions.