Tag: COVID-19
The brief’s key findings are: Before COVID, more people were working longer and claiming Social Security later to improve prospects for a secure retirement. The question is, how has the pandemic affected these patterns? The analysis uses the Current Population Survey to compare job exits and retirements pre- and post-pandemic for workers 55 and over…
The pandemic exposed inequities in the U.S. healthcare system. It also revealed a related shortcoming in our workplaces: the lack of mandated paid family and medical leave for most Americans – and especially lower-paid workers. The United States is the only developed country that does not have a national policy of paid time off for…
