Mothers Returning to Work Settle for Pay Cuts and Lower-Skilled JobsTHE challenges for women in the workplace are "greater than ever", experts warned today.Bryant, Miranda
She suggested employers set up "mother jobs" with more flexible working schedules to let mothers better balance work and families. She said that it's also important to improve public childcare services for families with children under 3 years old, which can shorten the tim...
But when they get married and have children, they have to take a vacation or quit their jobs. During the period of giving birth, these new mothers will fall away from society for a period of time, which is enough to derail themselves from society. When children are older, they can work...
Dealing with postpartum medical complications that delay returning to work. Only nine states cover temporary disabilities: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Washington. You must work in one of these states to qualify. Benefits vary by ...
Bookkeepers, sales assistants and registered nurses are the top three jobs of those women suggesting that these works may be relatively easy to combine with motherhood. Accountants rarely work in full-time basis and most of them will only spend less than 16 hours per week, while longer part-...
Returning to the workforce from short-term leave or unemployment isn’t an easy transition for anyone, but it can be especially hard on women. Add in the external factors of a pandemic-induced childcare crisis and working mothers face a very challenging return to work. And probably an even ...
But the pandemic altered that equation: the added burdens at work and at home since the COVID-19 crisis began have pushed roughly 33 percent of working mothers to consider downshifting their careers or leaving their jobs altogether. In a workforce that generally begins a...
Unfortunately for her mother’s dreams, Emily, while a published author, still has to work as a barista to make rent on her shared apartment, and struggles to find time and energy to finish edits on her second novel and finally develop the great new idea she has for her next book. She...
Twenty-one of them quit their jobs voluntarily - often because they had been sidelined after returning to the office. Susan moved within her bank to lower-status project work after she had her first child, for example. "Many women leave high-powered jobs because they are relegated to lesser...
Despite the advances made by female executives, things are even more difficult for the vast majority of working mothers. Many work in smaller businesses, where maternity benefits and flexible hours are less likely to be available. Many are in low-paid ...