Tag: labor force
![Construction Site worker Injury photo](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/iStock-169998819.png)
On-the-job injuries, like layoffs, are life-altering events. A worker can lose tens of thousands of dollars in earnings over many years as a result, according to a new RAND study. The researchers used data from California’s workers’ compensation system to investigate what happened to injured workers’ earnings over a 14-year period. They were interested in…
![Business people using laptop on table with making video call meeting to team online and present work projects. Concept working from home.](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AdobeStock_411778299-1536x1025.jpeg)
The remote work necessitated by COVID may be here to stay in five English-speaking countries from Australia to the United States. That’s the conclusion from a study of 250 million online job ads – nearly half of them in this country. The number of postings in January that offered remote work for one or more days per…