The Equal Pay Act was enacted in 1983, but equal pay is still an issue. Recent pay gap reports indicate that women are paid less than half of the salaries paid to men.
, managing both work and home is a responsibility traditionally passed on to women. There is usually an unspoken expectation for them to flex their schedule and realign commitments more than their male partners.
This might not be easy to implement, but many companies have successfully done so already. Moreover, studies indicate that employee performance is higher and absenteeism lower among employees using on-site versus offsite childcare.The increasing prevalence of long working hours has had a negative impact on women's employment. The imbalance in work-life balance policies between men and women reinforce gender stereotypes and differences between paid and unpaid work.
Technology that facilitates answering e-mails at all hours in the evening puts working moms at disadvantage, as they already bear the disproportionate burden of domestic responsibilities. Organizations need to stop valuing presentism and on-call availability if they wish to level the playing field for women with children.
Staff members need training on conscious and unconscious bias, and every decision needs to be informed by a structured due diligence process. HR professionals should identify rising female talent throughout the organization and track their career paths and accomplishments.
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