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The Economist: People are working longer hours during the pandemic

By The Economist.

Published Nov. 26, 2020. Updated Nov. 26 at 1:35 am

A heart is lit up in a Hilton Hotel in downtown Toronto in support of healthcare workers, as seen near hospital row on University St. on April 19, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. - The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 164,016 on April 19, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT. (Photo by Cole BURSTON / AFP)

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Lots of people envisaged a life of lie-ins and long lunches when covid-19 lockdowns forced their offices to close and working from home became routine. In Britain 47% of workers clocked in remotely in April, compared with an average of around 14% in 2019, according to the Office for National Statistics.