workforce	......
activities may be spread over different sites	.......
office	.....
labor unions =	trade unions
industrial action	....
HR human resources	...
HRM human resource management	.....
personnel department	....
retire at age	...
work your way up the ladder career	...
delayered	...
restructured	...
to become flatter (with fewer layers of management)	...
to become leaner (with fewer, more productive employees)	....