Vaccinations are available, and states have been reopening, but the number of women in the workforce has fallen to historic lows because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As employees begin returning to the office, employers should be thinking about how to reshape their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts to attract and retain women workers.
How We Got Here
When states began issuing “stay at home” orders early last year, women almost immediately started leaving the workforce in alarming numbers. Between April and March 2020, approximately 3.5 million mothers with school-age children left active work, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
