COVID-19 safeguards are easier if you make more money
People who earn more money are more likely to wear a mask, social distance, and work from home. For people with lower incomes, that may not be feasible.
Jan. 20, 2021 • ~6 min
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Customers drive grocery store worker distress during pandemic
Grocery store workers report experiencing severe levels of mental distress during COVID-19. Customers are one major cause.
Dec. 22, 2020 • ~10 min
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Report outlines route toward better jobs, wider prosperity
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future identifies ways to align new technologies with durable careers.
Nov. 17, 2020 • ~17 min
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Hospital support staff face far higher COVID risk
Support staff and Black and Latinx hospital workers have a higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection than doctors and nurses, a new study shows.
Nov. 5, 2020 • ~5 min
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COVID will likely shrink job market for college grads
As firms adjust to the COVID-19 economic slowdown, the job market for new college graduates is expected to decline for the first time in more than a decade.
Nov. 4, 2020 • ~5 min
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Construction workers 5X as likely to be in hospital for COVID
A team of researchers predicted in April that COVID-19 would hospitalize construction workers. New findings show they were right.
Oct. 30, 2020 • ~6 min
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Stress shows up in your spit after work interruptions
Lots of interruptions at work can raise the level of stress hormones our bodies produce, researchers report. But not all interupptions are the same.
Oct. 27, 2020 • ~6 min
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Men with physical jobs have 55% higher dementia risk
While research has found that physical activity can reduce the risk of developing dementia, a new study finds that's not the case with hard labor.
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~6 min
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Wives try to earn less? Not according to the data
A closer look at the data says no, women don't sabotage their own earnings to align with the "male breadwinner norm."
Oct. 16, 2020 • ~7 min
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Blue-light glasses improve your sleep and work
Wearing blue-light glasses just before hitting the sack can help you get a better night's sleep and help you work better the next day.
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~6 min
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