COVID-19 caused record job absences in 2020

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More workers called in sick during 2020 than at any time in at least two decades, according to a USA Today analysis of federal labor market data.  An average of 1.5 million people a month missed work because of their “own illness/injury/medical problems,” survey data shows—45% more than normal over the past 20 years. Child

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