WASHINGTON--As America's job market rebounds this summer and the need for workers intensifies, employers won't likely have a chance to relax anytime soon.... The size of the 16-64 age group was also diminished last year by thousands of deaths from the coronavirus.A year earlier, in 2019, the working age population had essentially plateaued.It's not entirely clear how population patterns will unfold once the pandemic fully fades.... But even if the working age population resumes growing, it wil

WASHINGTON— It was only five years ago that Taquasia Mason started her working career at a McDonald’s in Durham, N.C., grateful to find even a job that only paid the legal minimum of$ 7.25 an hour. But thanks to the pandemic, Mason’s prospects, and her leverage, have vastly improved.... “ It just amazes me nowadays.” PoliticsPandemic caused many boomers to retire.... What that means for the economy — and everyone else Older workers offset a labor shortage of younger workers....