As Companies Reopen, Employees Scramble to Find Child Care

Posted on AllSides May 7th, 2020
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Darrell Ford’s supervisor calls him almost every day, asking when he’ll return to his building-maintenance job in Duluth, Minn.

“We don’t have an answer because we don’t have anyone to watch our son,” says his wife, Tasha Ford. Mr. Ford cares for their 4-year-old son, Elijah, while Ms. Ford works from home for UnitedHealth Group Inc., helping mental-health providers file claims.

Because Elijah has previously had respiratory problems, the Fords pulled him out of his day-care center in March when the scope of the coronavirus pandemic was becoming clear. The...

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