Career Breaks and Equal Pay
The Herald newspaper has been in touch to ask if we can help highlight a particular issue on the subject of equal pay.
Recent studies show that the pay gap between male and female jobs is at its widest when women return to work after having children.
Why does this happen?
Well women often reduce their working hours because of child care commitments - or they take on a less demanding and more poorer paid role - again because the family comes first.
Either way the take home pay of your average women drops even further compared to an equivalent male worker of the same age.
And sometimes employers make things worse by making it difficult to achieve family friendly hours - or in the case of Glasgow they just blatantly discriminate against part-time workers, as far as their pay and conditions are concerned - see the post on Glasgow dated 9 April 2008.
In any event, The Herald is keen to speak to women workers who fall into this 'career break' category - and they would like to hear about your personal experience.
If you're willing to have a chat with the newspaper, please contact Mark Irvine who will sort something out.
Recent studies show that the pay gap between male and female jobs is at its widest when women return to work after having children.
Why does this happen?
Well women often reduce their working hours because of child care commitments - or they take on a less demanding and more poorer paid role - again because the family comes first.
Either way the take home pay of your average women drops even further compared to an equivalent male worker of the same age.
And sometimes employers make things worse by making it difficult to achieve family friendly hours - or in the case of Glasgow they just blatantly discriminate against part-time workers, as far as their pay and conditions are concerned - see the post on Glasgow dated 9 April 2008.
In any event, The Herald is keen to speak to women workers who fall into this 'career break' category - and they would like to hear about your personal experience.
If you're willing to have a chat with the newspaper, please contact Mark Irvine who will sort something out.
