Remote Work Helped Push Disability Employment Up to a Record High
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An embrace of remote work spurred by the pandemic helped the employment rate for disabled people reach an all-time high last year.
The percentage of disabled people who were employed rose to 21.3% in 2022, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s more than a two percentage point increase from 2021 and the most since 2008, when comparable data were first published.