Poll: Americans face a gender gap in shifting to remote work

WASHINGTON -- (Xinhua) -- Women in the United States continue to face inequality amid the shift to remote work, according to a recent report by Fortune magazine, citing a McKinsey American Opportunity Survey of 25,000 workers.

The report, released on Tuesday, said that while 61 percent of men have had the opportunity to work remotely, only 52 percent of women can say the same in the United States.

However, "this does not match what workers want," the report explained, adding that "when given the opportunity to work remotely, women tend to do so in greater numbers than men."

And he noted that "the lack of a remote option is just the latest way in which American companies fail to maintain an equal work environment for women," noting at the same time that women already receive lower wages than men.