Economists are seeing a trend of women in the restaurant industry taking a look at their wages and reconsidering the value placed on their work in light of the way the Covid-19 pandemic impacted financials both in the short term and in the long term. With service industries and sub-minimum wage positions within the industries being heavily dominated by women, they playing a major role in perpetuating overall wage disparities between men and women.
Take a deeper look at the impact of fair value for the work of service industry women and the impact of those roles on the individuals taking them on in a world reshaped by the 2020 Pandemic.