More than 4 in 10 U.S. workers don’t take all their paid time off
About half of upper-income workers (51%) say they take off less time than offered, compared with 45% of middle-income workers and 41% of lower-income workers.
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About half of upper-income workers (51%) say they take off less time than offered, compared with 45% of middle-income workers and 41% of lower-income workers.
Black workers account for about 13% of all U.S. workers, including those who work full time, part time and are self-employed.
Roughly one-in-five workers say they are very or somewhat likely to look for a new job in the next six months, but only about a third of these workers think it would be easy to find one.
55% of Americans say there are too few women in top executive business positions. This is down somewhat from 59% who said this in 2018.
Hiring by the self-employed has fallen since 2019, with the cutbacks emanating mainly from businesses run by men.
Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States.
Workplace diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, or DEI, are increasingly becoming part of national political debates. For a majority of employed U.S. adults (56%), focusing on increasing DEI at work is a good thing. But relatively small shares of workers place a lot of importance on diversity at their workplace.
With the economic recovery gaining momentum, unemployment among immigrants is about equal with that of U.S.-born workers.
Fewer than a third (30.8%) of U.S. teens had a paying job last summer. In 2019, 35.8% of teens worked over the summer.
Here’s how the COVID-19 recession is affecting labor force participation and unemployment among American workers a year after its onset.
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