Abstract:

With the combination of laying off and unemployment, employment in enterprise has achieved the marketization, and the
"laying off" has become a bygone. However, problems of laid-off workers have not been settled. The laid-off workers' life situation is
quite rough, in addition to this, a serious shortage of social care, thoughts and mental status are also causes for concern. The issue of
laid-off workers is rooted in history and realistic contradictions, which results from economy, society, and politics. Laid-off workers in
the past have become today's special vulnerable needy groups. The laid-off workers' life and thought status are objectively reflected by
432 questionnaires and interview survey taken in Kunming and Dali. By deep-going analysis of laid-off workers' related issues, five
measures and suggestions have been put forward to solve the problems of laid-off workers.

Key words: laid-off workers, life situation, thought condition, problems and measures