From the article: «What gives? It's a long list, but here are some of the highlights: * Parents - particularly mothers - cannot work because closures or short

From the article: «What gives? It's a long list, but here are some of the highlights: * Parents - particularly mothers - cannot work because closures or shortened hours at schools and daycare keep them home to watch their kids. read more * Would-be workers remain concerned about health risks amid a pandemic still claiming about 700 American lives daily. * Stock market gains have given some older workers the cushion to retire. * Some younger workers are finding jobs in new fields, shrinking the labor pool for the industries they left behind. * Many employers need to fill jobs requiring skills that sidelined workers may not have. * Employers complain that enhanced unemployment benefits and other government aid are keeping workers on the sidelines, content to collect a check rather than work for a living. Data released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed more than 16 million people are still receiving some form of unemployment benefit, now more than a year into the pandemic.»