DWC Panel: Pandemic Has Impacted Women More Because Many Can't Work From Home

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected female workers, due in part to an increase in work-from-home policies that are likely to continue even after the virus is stamped out, California comp and legal experts said Friday. “The recession has led to more job losses among women,” Division of Workers’ Compensation Chief Judge Paige Levy said during the third and final day of the division’s annual Educational Conference. Women have been more likely to hold jobs that are subject to layoff during the pandemic, such as the hospitality, personal care, retail ...