A layoff is similar to a discharge, except that layoffs are not performed due to the negative behavior or poor performance of employees. Companies lay off workers when they cannot afford to pay them anymore due to financial hardship.
French Quarter. The French Quarter, also know as the Vieux CarrÃ©, is the oldest and most famous neighborhood in New Orleans. The Quarter, as it is commonly known, runs from the banks of the Mississippi River to Rampart Street and between Canal Street and Esplanade Avenue.
Location of Algiers within New Orleans (Note: Map shows only the upper half of Algiers). Algiers is a community within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. It is the only portion of Orleans Parish on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.Algiers is also known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans.art of the Battle of New Orleans, in January of 1815, was fought on the West Bank in what is now Algiers. Original earthworks remain, marked with a historical marker on General Meyer Avenue in the Aurora neighborhood.