Getty Images The pandemic has upended how we work, and employers have found creative ways to retain hard workers. Parents and other caregivers need more flexibility to manage their jobs and their families at the same time. Employers can help by looking at their employees' lives holistically and making adjustments. During the depths of the pandemic, business owners had to get creative about keeping their best employees — especially moms, who were more likely to have to quit their jobs to care for school-age kids and sick family members. Now, with a light at the end of the tunnel, many entrepreneurs have no desire to go back to 2019.