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Business Response Survey to the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Notices
- Federal Register Notice for Business Response Survey to the Coronavirus Pandemic Read More »
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has developed new data on how U.S. businesses changed their operations and employment since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic through September 2020. This information, in combination with data collected by other current BLS surveys, will aid in understanding how businesses responded during the pandemic. Other BLS statistics collected and published during the pandemic provide indications of changes in employment, wages, job openings and terminations, employer-provided benefits, and safety and health. The new data provides additional insights by asking employers directly what they experienced as a result of the pandemic and how they responded.
Highlights
December 7, 2020
Data from the Business Response Survey show that nationwide 52 percent of establishments (4.4 million) told employees not to work (with or without pay) for at least some portion of the survey reference period.
Publications
The Economics Daily
60 percent of businesses with average pay less than $20k told some staff not to work due to COVID-19
Many U.S. businesses have changed their operations and employment because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since January 1, 2020, 60 percent of establishments in which workers were paid an average annual wage of less than $20,000 in 2019 told at least some employees not to work. This compared with 17 percent of establishments paying an average wage greater than $80,000. read more »