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3 easy, cost-effective ways to help employees feel safe and financially secure this holiday season

For hourly workers, the holiday season will present financial and often physical challenges amid the health crisis.

By Jeanniey Walden | October 26, 2020 at 07:55 AM

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A new Harris Poll survey confirmed what we already knew — that the majority (70%) of hourly working Americans are having trouble making ends meet. Massive unemployment, related to the global pandemic, has wreaked havoc on so many families’ finances. In many cases, at least one member of the household, who was once counted on to help bills, can no longer contribute because they have either lost their job or have had their hours cut.

According to the Poll, 47% of those surveyed will take extra steps this year, compared to last, to make ends meet, including working extra hours (22%) or seasonal jobs (18%).

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