Companies Are Pledging to Make Workplaces Better for Moms After the Pandemic Forced Many Out of the Workforce
Over the last year, the pandemic has not only shed light on all the cracks in society but deepened them. Thanks to systemic factors like a lack of affordable, accessible child care and women continuing to carry the mental load for their families, they've been forced out of the workforce en masse. The total number of women who have left the labor force since February 2020 is more than 2.3 million, putting the women's labor force participate rate at 57 percent, which is the lowest it has been in 32 years, according to a January 2021 analysis from the National Women's Law Center. "The perils of...
Source: parents.com