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Half of businesses that told employees not to work continued paying them during COVID–19
January 08, 2021
Since January 1, 2020, about half of U.S. business establishments continued to pay at least some of their employees told not to work due to the COVID–19 pandemic. Larger businesses, those with 500 or more employees, continued to pay at least some of their employees told not to work at a higher rate (62 percent) than smaller businesses (51 percent).
Percent of establishments that continued paying employees who were told not to work due to the COVID–19 pandemic, by establishment size
Number of employees per establishment
Continued paying employees
Continued paying employees if business received a coronavirus-related loan or grant
Continued paying employees if business did not receive a coronavirus-related loan or grant
Total U.S., private sector
51%
59%
38%
Number of employees per establishment
1 to 4
48
60
35
5 to 9
55
58
42
10 to 19
54
56
39
20 to 49
54
56
40
50 to 99
56
62
41
100 to 249
56
62
47
250 to 499
56
61
45
500 to 999
60
63
58
1000 or more
65
68
65
Small/Large
Small (1 to 499)
51
59
38
Large (500 or more)
62
65
60
When employers who told employees not to work received a loan or grant tied to rehiring or maintaining employees on their payroll, 59 percent continued to pay employees who were told not to work. Only 38 percent of businesses that did not receive a loan or grant continued to pay employees told not to work.
When businesses did not receive a loan or grant, larger businesses (60 percent) were more likely to continue paying employees told not to work than were smaller businesses (38 percent).
These data are from the Business Response Survey to the Coronavirus Pandemic. This is a new survey of business establishments conducted between July and September 2020 to ask questions on business experiences and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey received responses from over 150,000 establishments for seven different questions. For more information, see "2020 Results of the Business Response Survey." Also see charts and tables of the latest Business Response Survey data.
United States Department of Labor
