Dictionary

skeleton staff en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a vacation, weekend, or other period when people do not normally work, or full staffing is not necessary.
   • The police department was operating with a skeleton staff. 2018, Lee Child, Past Tense, page 63:
   • The line was closed officially on August 9, and only a skeleton staff retained. 1947 March and April, “The Position of the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 74:
   • But you must keep skeleton staff on duty at all car parks while the event is still open. 2004, Des Conway, The Event Manager's Bible: How to Plan and Deliver an Event, page 121:

Forms

Coordinates

skeleton crew

Relateds

skeleton service · skeleton crew