Pushed out by pandemic, women struggle to regain footing in U.S. job market

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Women are being hit disproportionately by pandemic-related job losses last year, threatening to undo some of the economic gains women made before the pandemic

But the school near Grand Rapids, Michigan closed again a week later as COVID-19 infections surged there and across much of the country.

A slowdown in the jobs recovery, obstacles to securing child care and concerns about workplace flexibility are making it difficult for women to recoup the jobs they lost - and threaten to undo some of the economic gains women made before the pandemic. School closures and the shift to virtual learning also disproportionately affect working moms, research shows.

“I’m worried that I will be judged for having to take care of my kids, or maybe they’ll think that I’m unreliable,” said Zucker, who has seven-year old boy and girl twins and a three-year-old boy. “I try not to mention it, even though I think it’s a huge asset. Moms get stuff done.”

 

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