Working from home during pandemic found widening US inequality


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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