Women have been impacted more negatively by the COVID-19 crisis than men, according to a McKinsey/LeanIn.Org study on women in the workplace published in September. Women are more likely than men to have been laid off or furloughed, the study found, and as the boundaries between work and home have blurred, more than 1 in 4 women have contemplated downshifting their careers or leaving the workplace entirely.

Aly McDevitt is Data & Research Journalist at Compliance Week. She has a background in education and college consulting. Prior to teaching, she was an editor/author at Thomson Reuters, where she reported...