Economics
A College Degree Is the Ticket to Still Working From Home
Those with less education headed back to their workplaces as Covid lockdowns have been lifted.
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A college degree can make a big difference.
About 13 million more Americans were back at workplaces in August than in May as fewer education, manufacturing and transportation employees said they were working from home because of the pandemic. That leaves an even wider gap between those who can shelter from the coronavirus and those who are required to be physically present at work as lockdowns are lifted, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.