But that still leaves a large portion of workers without long-term coverage through their employers.
In almost all of the countries, the largest portion of workers is self-employed.
There are still a large portion of workers who have not rejoined the labor force – the so-called missing workers.
In every other state the portion of workers who could not find jobs stagnated or, in most places, grew.
Under these arrangements, employers cut workers' hours — not their jobs — and states make up a portion of workers' lost wages with unemployment insurance payments.
In the suit, the waiters, Alisa Agofonova and Aaron Pou, say they were forced to share tips with restaurant management, a violation of state law, which bars managers from taking any portion of workers' tips.
Still, only about half of the nation's work force today is in unions, the official said, and a much lower portion of workers in private and foreign companies.
Low-cost policy changes, like requiring employers to put a portion of workers' paychecks into a retirement fund, might help millions of households save for a secure retirement without driving Washington deeper into the red.
In a typical default program, an employer or government agency automatically directs a portion of workers' earnings to a savings account, although the employees have the option of increasing or decreasing the amount.
Second, privatization — eliminating part of Social Security and replacing it with a system of individual private investment accounts financed from a portion of workers' payroll taxes — is somehow the key to avoiding the catastrophe, and is also a fine thing in its own right.
