9 News: What's the state of the workforce on this pandemic Labor Day?

Sept. 1, 2021

DENVER — The state of the workforce on Labor Day 2021 is much different it was on this holiday just two years ago.

Many office workers have yet to return to their desks after leaving them amid restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19, which may be a sign of the changing face of that workforce.

“Companies are looking for some cost-cutting ways, and there are companies willfully telling employees 'stay at home,'” Dr. Kishore Kulkarni, a professor of economics at MSU Denver, said. “It looks like there are some businesses which can be run very well when employees don’t show up in the office.”