Select the examples of layoffs. Check all that apply.

Question

India loses her job as an Urban Planner because the city ran out of funding.
Tori loses her job as a Foreign Service Officer because she is not good at communicating with or negotiating with foreign officials.
Hunter loses his job as a Tax Examiner because he keeps making mistakes.
Fidel loses his job as an Eligibility Interviewer because Legislators decided to cut his department, even though Fidel was very good at his job.

Answer 1

The examples of layoffs from the provided options are:

1. India loses her job as an Urban Planner because the city ran out of funding.
2. Fidel loses his job as an Eligibility Interviewer because Legislators decided to cut his department, even though Fidel was very good at his job.

These situations involve job losses that are due to external factors (lack of funding or departmental cutbacks), which are characteristic of layoffs. The other two cases involve performance-related issues, which typically do not qualify as layoffs.