A lack of flexible employment means Australian women are being forced to choose between returning to work and shouldering the burden of caring for family.
Australian women made redundant by COVID-19 are finding it tough to return to work due to a lack of flexibility from employers as they struggle to shoulder the burden of caring for family amid the pandemic.
"Fewer women are applying for roles," said Adam Gregory, LinkedIn's senior director for Australia and NZ. It comes as the Australia Institute found men on high incomes would be the main beneficiaries should the federal government bring forward its planned tax cuts.LinkedIn's economists expect hiring recovery to remain flat or even gradually decline in the coming weeks.
Mr Gregory says there has been a spike in interest in short-term assignments from the platform's consumers as state's move to relax restrictions.
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