As Hospitals Lose Revenue, Thousands Of Health Care Workers Face Furloughs, Layoffs Faced with lost revenue from canceled elective procedures, hospitals laid off more than 40,000 health care workers in March. Thousands more are expected to be included in April's unemployment figures. Leila Fadel
COVID-19 Forces More People To Work From Home. How's It Going? About a third of Americans are working from home because of the coronavirus. The technology that enables this has been around for many years, but it took a pandemic to force the move to remote work. Greg Rosalsky
Friday's Jobs Numbers Will Be Brutal But Won't Tell The Whole Story The Labor Department is expected to report the U.S. lost millions of jobs last month due to the coronavirus. Unemployment likely jumped to its highest level since the Great Depression. Scott Horsley
Former Assistant Labor Secretary Talks About The Future Of The U.S. Workforce NPR's Michel Martin talks with Jane Oates, a former assistant secretary of labor for employment and training, about navigating the changes in the American workforce.
Former Assistant Labor Secretary Talks About The Changes In The U.S. Workforce NPR's Michel Martin talks with Jane Oates, a former assistant secretary of labor for employment and training, about navigating the changes in the American workforce.
Grocery Worker Has Never Seen Shelves Being Emptied Like This Michelle Lee, a Safeway cashier, wishes customers would be patient when they encounter shortages. "They can't understand why they keep coming back and we don't have" items like toilet paper, she says. Camila Domonoske
CARES Act Oversight: How It Works And Why It Is Necessary NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bharat Ramamurti, a member of Congressional Oversight Commission. He is appointed to oversee federal funds to help out big businesses affected by the coronavirus.
FCC Fines Sinclair Record $48 Million For Deceptive Bid For Tribune Stations FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called Sinclair's conduct "completely unacceptable" in pursuing Tribune Media. Sinclair has close ties to the Trump administration but received a record $48 million fine.
3.2 Million More Are Out Of Work As Jobless Claims Keep Piling Up Another 3.2 million people filed for benefits, bringing the total number of jobs lost during the pandemic to 33.5 million. The government is expected to report a huge jump in unemployment Friday. Jim Zarroli
Passengers Face New Reality As Airlines Adapt To Pandemic Restrictions The new reality of social distancing conflicts with tightly packed airplanes. For now, airlines are blocking out middle seats and taking other measures. What happens when more travelers come back? David Schaper