COVID-19: Women harder hit by retrenchment than men
Women harder hit by retrenchment as a result of the pandemic crisis, and the global economy suffered as a result. The South African insurer Old Mutual reported Monday that 58% of 2020 retrenchment cover claims were paid out to women, showing that the economic effect of COVID-19 affected working women worse than working males. According to Old Mutual insurance claims, women held two-thirds of the three million jobs lost between […]