There are many employers trying to cut costs for exempt employees. To avoid laying employees off, they can be put on furlough. A furlough is when an employer puts an employee on temporary non-pay, non-duty status due to budget cuts. The employer could choose certain days, like every Friday, that the employee would not come to work and would not be paid. Read more information about fuloughs at
. http://www.hrhero.com/topics/furlough.html.