### Clue: Laying off workers embarrassed humanitarian body — and shocked disheartened charity (10)
### Answer: REDUNDANCY 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Laying off workers
 RED(embarrassed, from the colour of the complexion of one who is) + UN(abbrev. for the United Nations, the inter-governmental humanitarian body/organisation) + **anagram of**(… shocked) AND + "charity" **minus all its inner letters**(disheartened …).