There’s a wide range of reactions to strict RTO rules, but new data show these policies may harm some workers more than others. Even as more companies wrap up or modify their remote work protocols and ...

A new McKinsey and Lean In report shows companies are backsliding on gender equity—and punishing women for working remotely ...

The high cost of childcare is also hitting women hard as they end remote work. New data shows that an increasing number of working mothers are leaving the workforce, with both return-to-office work ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Julia Korn writes about leadership and career development. The clock is turning back on gender equity in the workplace. It’s ...

What if we were honest about what keeps us from work or what pushes us out altogether? What if we told the real stories ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL), Lori Chavez-DeRemer, testified ...

The picture is even worse for specific subsets of women. The share of mothers of young children in the labor market fell almost 3 percentage points in the first half of the year. Unemployment for ...

As tech companies push return-to-office (RTO) mandates, a growing number of women in the industry are pushing back. The message is clear: Flexibility isn’t a perk, it’s a prerequisite. According to ...

Corporate leaders are trying to end remote work, but women will pay a unique price. Credit: martin-dm via E+ / Getty Images Five years ago, when the COVID pandemic forced all non-essential workers to ...

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“I am picking up most of the domestic tasks, shopping, cleaning, loading the dishwasher, cooking, running children around,” she explained Getty A woman on Mumsnet said she works from home and takes on ...

A new Labor Department survey shows the extent of the RTO wave hitting corporate America: In 2023, 34 percent of employed men said they’d spent at least some time working from home, but in 2024 the ...