Respondents who were able to work remotely were more likely to report an improvement in job quality versus an overall decline, 45% of respondents versus 33%. — AFP
NEW YORK: Longstanding inequalities in the US labour market have worsened amid the coronavirus pandemic with working from home fuelling the divide, according to a Gallup report released on April 7.
Gallup surveyed more than 7,700 US adults in the final quarter of 2020, with the findings showing that pandemic-related job losses skewed heavily towards Hispanic and Black Americans, as well as those with lower education and income levels.
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