Post by Iain Dooley on Aug 14, 2016 12:15:26 GMT
I have no research to cite here, so this is a bit of a placeholder. I have a hunch that resolving the gender pay gap will require a 100% commitment from the government to guaranteeing childcare and also equal paid parental leave rights for men and women.
I would love to hear if anyone knows of any policy that has been independently developed in this area, but my thinking is thus:
If we lived in a parallel universe where it was up to choice or chance which member of a male/female couple bore the children we wouldn't have a gender pay gap. That is, if employers weren't able to discriminate at the time of hiring against one gender as being more likely to take time away from their career in order to focus on child rearing then we would have our entire society structured to support parents to continue working even as they were able to give their children the love and care they need.
I would love to hear if anyone knows of any policy that has been independently developed in this area, but my thinking is thus:
If we lived in a parallel universe where it was up to choice or chance which member of a male/female couple bore the children we wouldn't have a gender pay gap. That is, if employers weren't able to discriminate at the time of hiring against one gender as being more likely to take time away from their career in order to focus on child rearing then we would have our entire society structured to support parents to continue working even as they were able to give their children the love and care they need.
