father wearing headphones at computer dealing with his two distracting children According to ADP Research Institute, ittook about four weeks for employees to adapted to the "new normal",and stress levela stopped getting worse week-to-week. (Photo:Shutterstock)

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting "stay at home" ordershas forced many workers to work remotely — or at least try to. Anew survey from the ADP Research Institute(ADPRI) reveals that workers have struggled with working remotelyand productivity has suffered. (ADPRI conducted a weekly surveyover the eight-week period beginning March 16 of a random sample ofpersons over 18 years old who were employed as of March 1.)

The fall in productivity was caused by several factors, thesurvey found.

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