According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) only 28.4 percent of those who were unemployed in December 2020 were on a temporary layoff. This compares to 77.9 percent reporting to having been laid off temporarily in April of 2020. Those reporting to be have been laid off temporarily are those who were given a date to return to work within 6 months.
It appears that due to the permanent closings of businesses or the restructuring of a business’s workforce, the layoffs that are occurring now are of a more permanent basis. The BLS reports that in December 2020 the largest share of the unemployed (38.9%) were job losers not on temporary layoff.