Telework may save U.S. jobs in COVID-19 downturn, especially among college graduates
90% of the decrease in employment between February and March arose from positions that could not be teleworked.
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90% of the decrease in employment between February and March arose from positions that could not be teleworked.
The last year the Postal Service recorded any profit was 2006, and its cumulative losses since then totaled $83.1 billion as of March 31.
The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
Nearly one-in-four U.S. workers are employed in the industries most likely to feel an immediate impact from the COVID-19 outbreak.
The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.
Balancing work and family duties brings challenges for working parents. Yet many say working is best for them at this point in their life.
To mark Labor Day, here’s what we know about who American workers are, what they do and the U.S. working environment in general.
Blacks who work in science, technology, engineering and math fields are more likely than STEM workers from other racial or ethnic backgrounds to say they have faced discrimination on the job. They also stand out in their views about workplace diversity.
Among the trends reshaping the U.S. workplace, more Americans see outsourcing of jobs, more immigrant workers and imports as negative rather than positive forces when it comes to their livelihoods.
Women in STEM jobs are more likely than their male counterparts to have experienced discrimination in the workplace and to believe that discrimination is a major reason there are not more women in STEM.
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