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 as the new coronavirus continues to spread. However, paid sick leave is far from a given. About 

30 percent of private company employees don’t have paid sick days

, setting them up to potentially choose between income and health.

But paid sick leave isn’t the only benefit that workers take into account. In today’s increasingly technological world, many employees — even those in so-called “good jobs” — are expected to do more with less. Is working more worth what you get?

Guest host Chris Farrell, senior economics contributor at Marketplace, talked with a sociologist and a management professor about how jobs — and all they entail — have morphed over time and what the future of work could look like.

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Employees are doing more with less in an increasingly technological world. We talk with two occupation and management experts about how the idea of the “good job” has changed and what it means for workers with the continued spread of the novel strain of coronavirus and in the future.

Employees are doing more with less in an increasingly technological world. We talk with two occupation and management experts about how the idea of the “good job” has changed and what it means for workers today and in the future, especially with the continued spread of the novel strain of coronavirus.

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