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Nearly one-third of respondents said they would be uncomfortable getting back to offices, shops and factories, while half said their greatest concern was contracting the disease at work.

Hotels are launching work-from-hotel programs, through which operators not only offer workspace in hotel rooms, but also provide wifi, business support, refreshments and use of other facilities.

Racial and gender representation increased in most areas of the company, including among senior management, according to data from the bank.

While in the past the ranks of digital nomads were dominated by entrepreneurial independent workers, the majority of this year’s nomads are in traditional jobs, due to the mass shift to remote work during COVID-19.

Google parent Alphabet pledged $310 million to expand diversity efforts and resolve shareholder litigation that alleged the company’s board to failed to prevent sexual harassment and hid misconduct by executives.

The initiative is part of a broader push to compel workforce transparency at companies that have made explicit statements of support for equality.

As many as tens of millions of women may never return to the labor force, even after a vaccine is found. Altogether, global gross domestic product could be $1 trillion less in 2030 than it would be without a gender unemployment gap.

COVID-19 has many professional women reevaluating their priorities.

Persistently high jobless claims, along with this week’s announcements of tens of thousands of layoffs, indicate widespread economic pain.

Offices aren’t going away, and they shouldn’t. But they are going to face more competition than they used to, and employers will need to think harder about the purposes they serve.