Omicron Wave Drives Surge of Workers Calling In Sick, Working Through Illness
labor force, keeping millions of people home sick while others say they are working through illnesses.
This double impact from the biggest surge of Covid-19 illnesses so far in the pandemic comes as employers have struggled with an unusually tight labor market and an unemployment rate that is approaching pre-pandemic levels.Fewer people are in the workforce than before the pandemic began.
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