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UK reports half a million workers drop out of workforce, citing long-term illness

Thu, 2022-11-10 12:04 — mike kraft

Half a million UK workers drop out of workforce, citing long-term illness The number of people who have dropped out of Britain's job market since 2019 and who now cite a long-term illness or mental health problems has risen by half a million or about 25%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Suban Abdulla Reuters

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Estimated 3 million Americans avoiding working in person due to COVID --study

Thu, 2022-11-10 10:54 — mike kraft

3 million Americans are still avoiding the workforce. They might be ‘long social distancing’ Unemployed workers might be "long social distancing," a new paper finds. They're too afraid of catching COVID to return to work. YahooFinance

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New York City's Covid economic recovery and workers' return is drawn out

Thu, 2022-10-13 10:26 — mike kraft

In drawn-out recovery, NYC inches out from COVID's shadow NEW YORK (AP) — As kids returned to school last month, people watching New York City pull itself out of COVID-19's shadow wondered whether workers who fled Manhattan's office towers during the pandemic would finally return in a rush, too. AP NEWS

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Covid has left a third of young people feeling life is out of control – British study

Tue, 2022-10-04 09:58 — mike kraft

Covid has left a third of young people feeling life is out of control – study Researchers also found more than 60% of 16-25-year-olds are scared about their generation’s future the Guardian

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UK long-term sickness rate rises to highest since 2005

Tue, 2022-09-13 17:47 — mike kraft

UK long-term sickness rate rises to highest since 2005 The proportion of Britain's workforce too sick to work has jumped to its highest since 2005, which economists say is likely due to a mix of long COVID and greater difficulty in accessing health care since the start of the pandemic. David Milliken Reuters

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Covid caused huge shortages in US labor market--studies

Tue, 2022-09-13 12:39 — mike kraft

Covid caused huge shortages in US labor market, study shows At least 500,000 people have permanently disappeared from the workforce, analysis says the Guardian

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COVID's high impact on children in poor countries and essential workers--two studies

Fri, 2022-09-02 09:26 — mike kraft

COVID's hidden victims: New orphans and essential workers Children were more likely to be COVID-19 orphans if they live in poor nations with high chronic disease rates. CIDRAP

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Long Covid in the U.S. is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work--

Thu, 2022-08-25 09:03 — mike kraft

New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work Since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic through today, news about labor shortages and missing workers has dominated headlines. The question everyone still seems to be asking is: Why? In January … Carie Muscatello Brookings

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Amazon, America's 2nd largest employer, reinstates mask mandate for warehouse workers

Thu, 2021-12-23 12:13 — mike kraft

Amazon revives mask mandate for warehouse workers due to rise in Covid cases Amazon is requiring all U.S. warehouse workers to wear a mask inside operations facilities. Annie Palmer CNBC

Amazon’s U.S. warehouse employees will once again be required to wear face masks at work amid a surge in Covid-19 cases due to the highly transmissible omicron variant.

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Federal Appeals court reinstates some of Biden's health care worker mandate

Wed, 2021-12-15 13:00 — mike kraft

Appeals court reinstates some of Biden's health care worker mandate The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order Wednesday reviving in some parts of the US the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care workers – effectively allowing the mandate to be enforced in about half of states. By <a href="/profiles/aditi-sandal">Aditi Sangal</a>, <a href="/profiles/adrienne-vogt">Adrienne Vogt</a>, Melissa Macaya and Mike Hayes, CNN CNN

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