The fear factor in occupational terminology refers to the increased per-worker productivity resulting from the threat of impending layoffs. Layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent Termination of employment of an Employee or (more commonly a group of employees for Business reasons The resultant productivity boost is almost always temporary, since health-related reasons dictate that workers cannot maintain this level of increased output. Health is a state of complete physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity Some economists have proposed that the economic growth during the early 2000s jobless recovery is a result of this phenomenon. A jobless recovery or jobless growth is a phrase used by Economists to describe the recovery from a Recession which does not produce strong growth in