A dislocated worker is an individual who has been terminated or laid off, or who has received a notice of termination or layoff, from employment. These workers include displaced workers who lost or left jobs as a result of permanent closure of, or substantial layoff at, their place of work. Displaced workers can also include the self-employed and displaced homemakers, though this varies from study to study.
Glossary
Target population
- Dislocated or displaced worker
- Employed
Having a job
- Self-employed
Owning a business or working independently, rather than being employed by someone else
- Unemployed
Not currently working but looking for work
- Gender
The social characteristics associated with a person’s sex. Other categories will be added as they are studied.
- Female
People who identify as women
- Male
People who identify as men
- Occupational characteristics
Features of occupations, such as the industry or sector the occupation is in, or whether a union represents the occupation, that allow for grouping occupations. Other characteristics will be added as they are studied.
- Education professional
A person who works in an educational setting, for example, a teacher, reading specialist, principal, or college professor
- Health professional
A person who works in the health care field, for example, a home health aide, phlebotomist, or nurse