For mothers, the gender wage gap isn’t closing at all.
Here, learn the contributing factors and what is needed so you can change that.
Emily Martin is the vice president for education and workplace justice at the National Womens Law Center.
Its a lifelong gap.
And what sometimes gets lost when talking about it in cents on the dollar is how its cumulative.
It alsolessens the value of womens retirement accounts and average Social Security benefit upon retirement.
Ellen Ernst Kossek, PhD, is a social scientist and professor of management at Purdue University who studies the intersection of work and family.
The pandemic has also uniquely impacted the career trajectory and, by proxy, pay of working mothers.
What happens next depends on the choices we collectively make.
Employees have to demand work-life integration so that the system changes, Skoog says, adding that the systemcanchange.
Its not a new concept.
Still, its not mainstream, either.
But only an estimated 8 percent of workers actually participate in them.
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There has to be not just action on an individual basis but on a collective basis.
To be sure, better leave policies and childcare benefits would help kill the wage gap for mothers.
Ellen Ernst Kossek, PhD, is a social scientist and professor of management at Purdue University who studies the intersection of work and family.
These factors that often force mothers out of their jobs are more pronounced for those who hold low-wage positions.
Take, for example, the issue of schedule variability with a number of service jobs.
That schedule variability leads to income variability when parentsoften motherscant accept work in light of prioritizing childcare.
Universal preschool is a component of the Build Back Better plan, which could help.
But, its benefit is limited.
Who is going to end up sacrificing their career to carry that burden?
The good news is that employeesregardless of gender identityseem to be aligned in what they prioritize most.
All of these things, theyre also beacons for employers to use to create jobs that meet those needs.
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