The number of additional employees who should be laid off to meet target of reducing the workforce by 4% will be as follows: Total number of workers to be laid off will be given by: (%ge of employees to be laid off)/100×(Total number of employees) =4/100×18,600 =744 employees Given that 126 of the quit voluntarily the remaining number that shpuld be laid off will be: (total number of employees to be laid off)-(number of employees who quit) =744-126 =618 Therefore we conclude the 618 more employees should be laid off.
