Former welterweight world champion Trinidad is returning to the ring after a two-year lay-off.
He hopes it will help the spin bowler regain his fitness following a long injury lay-off.
Owen scored his first goal for England since returning from a long injury lay-off.
Union contracts also make it difficult for management to lay-off workers and utilize part-time employees.
"Maybe that year and a half lay-off had something to do with it, " said Joppy.
Firms in declining industries with high lay-off rates are subsidised by other, more successful firms.
Westwood returned from a six-week injury lay-off last week to help Europe regain the Ryder Cup.
It was his third game for Brazil since his two-and-a-half year lay-off because of two knee operations.
He then profited from a clever lay-off from Jon Stead but his six-yard strike was saved by Westwood.
During her lay-off she has been taking classes in fashion design at an art school in Fort Lauderdale.
Grainger, the US number one fighting back to top form after an eight-month lay-off, was in sparkling form.
Torres has scored 20 goals in all competitions for Liverpool this season despite a lay-off with a knee injury.
The Colombian, who was back after a two-race injury lay-off, eventually finished seventh.
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The 27-year-old joined the Bulls earlier this month after a long injury lay-off to get back to match fitness.
The South Korean international, 26, had an operation towards the end of last season and now faces a lengthy lay-off.
Eagles, 24, broke the deadlock in the 50th minute with a curling 25-yard shot following a lay-off from Wade Elliott.
Clarke was in extremely sound form before his lay-off and can give anyone a match even with his B game.
Deacon says he has been impressed with how the England management team have kept in touch during his long lay-off.
The lay-off rules him out of the entire Six Nations campaign, which begins on 7 February when England play Italy.
He and his co-founder Vincent Carbone were forced to lay-off all staff and retreat into a business incubator at Stevens Tech.
The company had tried to avoid redundancies with flexible working and lay-off periods but long-term forecasts reveal the downturn would be prolonged.
The Briton won the tournament in 2008 and will be looking to regain her form following a lay-off with a hip injury.
Unfortunately, Mark Davies was unable to follow up Elmander's deft lay-off with an accurate finish and Turnbull was able to save comfortably.
Cattermole almost made it four on the stroke of half-time but his fierce strike from a neat Agbonlahor lay-off flew just over.
McGrath, though, has no intention of letting up and believes the lengthy lay-off has made his appetite for the game even keener.
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"After such a long lay-off, every match and every situation is a different test to the body, " said Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion.
But he admitted the blow was even more damaging as he was only nine games back from a six-month lay-off following shoulder surgery.
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Again Malbranque had a part to play, the midfielder squaring to Berbatov, whose lay-off was crashed home left-footed by Huddlestone with Niemi unmoved.
The Hibs keeper was then at full-stretch to stop a raking 20-yard drive from Steven Davis after a neat lay-off from substitute Kyle Lafferty.
Phillips was named on the bench despite only 40 minutes of Ospreys action on his comeback from a four-month injury lay-off the previous weekend.
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