In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against the disabled. Every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the federal government.
Employers are also steadily squeezing more and more out of workers every day.
It’s much harder to work a shift than it used to be.