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Motherhood penalty remains a pervasive problem in the workplace
by Ruth Schechter on 22/11/09 at 10:26 pm
Mothers looking for employment are less likely to be hired, are offered lower salaries and are perceived as being less committed to a job than fathers or women without children, according to a recent study of gender inequality in the workplace. What’s more, the pay gap between mothers and childless women is actually bigger than the pay gap between women and men.
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