worklessness
Lacking gainful employment
Worklessness is the state of being without employment, used particularly in British policy discussions about unemployment and its social effects.
Unlike unemployment, which often implies actively seeking work, worklessness can include those who have stopped looking or who are economically inactive for other reasons.
The government launched initiatives to address long-term worklessness in former industrial areas.
The term appears frequently in discussions of welfare reform and social exclusion.
Needless duplication
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- furloughGranted absence from work
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
jobseeker · dole · benefits · underemployment · displaced · outplacement · long-term · structural
Mark of dishonor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- depressionProlonged low state
- isolationComplete separation from others
- self-worthInternal sense of value
hopelessness · despair · anxiety · exclusion · marginalization · dependency · scrounger · demoralisation
Lack of movement
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- loafingPassing time idly
indolence · torpor · slothfulness · inertia · aimlessness · purposelessness · boredom · listlessness
Prolonged economic decline
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- povertySevere lack of resources
inequality · insolvency · stagnation · downturn · deindustrialization · rust-belt · automation · outsourcing
redundancy
Needless duplication
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- furloughGranted absence from work
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
downsizing · jobseeker · dole · benefits · underemployment · displaced · outplacement · long-term · structural · youth
stigma
Mark of dishonor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- depressionProlonged low state
- isolationComplete separation from others
self-worth · hopelessness · despair · anxiety · exclusion · marginalization · dependency · scrounger · demoralisation · purposelessness
inactivity
Lack of movement
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
loafing · indolence · torpor · slothfulness · inertia · aimlessness · purposelessness · boredom · listlessness · disengagement
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
poverty · inequality · insolvency · stagnation · downturn · deindustrialization · rust-belt · automation · outsourcing · precarity
worklessnessemployment
Paid occupation status
work · employment status · full employment · workforce participation · labor force participation
worklessnessindustriousness
Habitual hard work
productivity · busyness · activity · toil · labor
work, less, worker, working, homework, teamwork, workday, rework, workable