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Fortune
Tristan Bove

Remote work for women leads to more household and family tasks than for men

Mother working from home on her laptop holding her head in her hands while her kids play around her (Credit: Kohei Hara—Getty Images)

Work experiences have always varied based on gender, and it’s looking like those differences can bleed into the home office.

The percentage of U.S. employees logging in from the comfort of their own homes more than tripled since 2019, in what is turning into one of the most important and lasting legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote work changed everything about how white-collar employees approach their jobs, and may even be helping to level the playing field for women and minorities who reported feeling more comfortable and treated more fairly when working from home.

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