Today is International Women’s Day 2021, and we find ourselves in a sorry state of affairs. Since the pandemic began, the overwhelming majority of those leaving the workforce have been women. This is largely due to childcare duties’ falling automatically on the shoulders of women. Years of hard work by so many to bring equity to women in the workplace is backsliding rapidly, and it will take a concerted and very serious effort on employers’ part to reverse this trend.
I recently had a conversation with Sanja Licina, PhD, HR expert, and President of QuestionPro Workforce, on this topic, and here is what she had to say.
