Some Final Words

Workers and families have been impacted by significant work-related changes, including mass layoffs and involuntary job displacement through shutdowns. Better planning and working alliances are needed to assist displaced workers from diverse backgrounds to adapt to job loss and thereby reduce the disproportionate stress in those families. While these policies have helped displaced workers adjust to involuntary joblessness, there is still a need for social support that helps minimize the damage to them. Workers and families can be more dramatically impacted when single-parent families have become jobless and are dependent on government assistance. It is also in the best interest of the whole society that businesses, organizations, and the government form collaborations and alliances that address the long-term needs and well-being of displaced workers.

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