Working Moms-to-Be: It’s Even Worse Than You Thought
You've heard that having a child sets you back seven years in the workplace? Well, according to a new study, a woman's wages never fully recover--even after the child leaves home. | storyGuardian: From the moment they give birth, women get stuck on a “mummy track” of low pay and low prospects as their wages fall and never fully recover – even when their children have left home, a new study has found.
Far from being a liberating release, the point when their children start school marks another sudden slump in the average growth of women’s pay compared with male wages, according to the report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. | story
Your support is crucial…With an uncertain future and a new administration casting doubt on press freedoms, the danger is clear: The truth is at risk.
Now is the time to give. Your tax-deductible support allows us to dig deeper, delivering fearless investigative reporting and analysis that exposes what’s really happening — without compromise.
Stand with our courageous journalists. Donate today to protect a free press, uphold democracy and unearth untold stories.
You need to be a supporter to comment.
There are currently no responses to this article.
Be the first to respond.