Women who left workforce during pandemic return

Employment of prime-age women – those ages 25 to 54 – is back to pre-pandemic levels but is uneven is some sectors, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. May’s job report showed overall gains with the nation’s employers adding 339,000 jobs, yet the unemployment rate for women rose slightly by 0.2%. Some 12 million women left the labor force during the pandemic – four times the ...