At least 100,000 residents and workers have died (data are not disaggregated for workers versus residents) at nursing homes and long-term care facilities (The New York Times, 2020) With regard to the gig or contract workforce, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigations show some employers use temps to avoid meeting safety obligations Without these guideposts, newly remote workers have to create new strategies for maintaining boundaries [ ]blurring may be intensified for those who are also sharing their “place of work” with nonwork role members (i e , partners, children) rather than with coworkers, requiring additional negotiation and strategic management Loneliness is associated with a myriad of health concerns (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020b), and teleworking can result in professional isolation consequences such as reduced wage growth, interpersonal networking, informal learning, and mentoring (e g , Golden & Eddleston, 2020) [ ]a study of over 500 remote workers found that these employees often reported feeling mistreated and ostracized, with little ability to handle workplace politics and resolve conflicts in a
A workercentric view of COVID-19