Utah women lost the most jobs during COVID-19. ‘Returnships’ aim to help them ‘level up,’ get back to work. Becky Jacobs © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Laura Seitz | Deseret News, pool) Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson announces the launch of her new returnship initiative at Northrop Grumman in Roy on Thursday, April 1, 2021.
Women have taken the brunt of job losses in Utah during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson.
Of the 12,000 positions lost in 2020, 4,000 were held by men, while twice as many 8,000 belonged to women, she said.
“Our low unemployment numbers show that we have gained back most of the ground that we’ve lost,” Henderson said at a news conference Thursday. “But we’ve also seen that occupations held predominantly by women are recovering at a slower rate than occupations held mostly by men.”
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