Welcome to the Jill on Money Podcast. It is Tuesday, March 16th. We are celebrating Women's

History Month. I have to say that looking at Women's History Month alongside with the

data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, I think the news is not so great for women.

Women have seen more job losses than men since the start of the pandemic. That's why we

have folks calling this a Xi session. In fact, Mark, check this out. 2.3 million women have left

the labor force since the pandemic started. That is insane. Anyway, I did a segment on CBS this

morning with my pals there, and we really focused on some of the things that are impacting women

who are leaving the labor force, whether it's voluntary or involuntary. So here is my segment

on CBS this morning. We did this on Friday morning. Here's our segment. Nearly 3 million women

have left the work force during the pandemic among working mothers or survey shows that 2 in 5 have

taken a step back from work or at least are considering it. Many cite childcare as a reason.

Tammy Bird, she is from Shenuit Kansas as one of them. She's a single mother who says she had no

option but to leave her job because she could not afford childcare for her two children after school.

Oh, it was the scariest thing I've ever done

to leave my job. Before the pandemic, Tammy Birch was able to bring her 10-year-old twins to the

assistant living facility where she worked. I had to quit because the facility went on lockdown.

I couldn't bring my kids to work anymore and I didn't have anybody for childcare, so of course

I had to stay home with them. I've looked for temporary jobs online where I could work from home,

but there really isn't anything around here that I can do without college degree.

Birch received unemployment benefits for several months, but they ended abruptly last October.

She was told her account was flagged for fraud and provided all requested documents.

Tammy says the Kansas Department of Labor told her in January she so qualifies for benefits

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