Comments on: Family Status Discrimination and Equal Pay Laws http://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/2008/06/22/family-status-discrimination-and-equal-pay-laws/ Employment Law Firm Blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:33:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allihttp://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/2008/06/22/family-status-discrimination-and-equal-pay-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-32460 Alli Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:25:28 +0000 http://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/?p=78#comment-32460 You make some great points. I'm glad someone is talking about this! The ratio of estimated female to male earned income in 2007 was 0.62...meaning for every dollar a male was making, a woman was making 62 cents. I strongly believe woman's ability to reproduce has worked against them when it comes to having a career. I would like to mention here that out of all the countries in the world, there are only 4 that do not have national programs for maternity leave benefits: Papau New Guinea, Swaziland, Liberia and the United States! The average length of maternity leave in the U.S. is 12 weeks- less than three months! If anyone has ever seen a three month old, you know that a mother's presence is so incredibly needed at that point. Further, these infants are the future of our world- why aren't we investing in them? And of course, maternity leave is usually without pay as companies are not held to a payment policy. It's going to be interesting to see how this might change as women are now the majority of college attendee's- they make up 54%! And climbing... You make some great points. I'm glad someone is talking about this! The ratio of estimated female to male earned income in 2007 was 0.62...meaning for every dollar a male was making, a woman was making 62 cents. I strongly believe woman's ability to reproduce has worked against them when it comes to having a career. I would like to mention here that out of all the countries in the world, there are only 4 that do not have national programs for maternity leave benefits: Papau New Guinea, Swaziland, Liberia and the United States! The average length of maternity leave in the U.S. is 12 weeks- less than three months! If anyone has ever seen a three month old, you know that a mother's presence is so incredibly needed at that point. Further, these infants are the future of our world- why aren't we investing in them? And of course, maternity leave is usually without pay as companies are not held to a payment policy.

It's going to be interesting to see how this might change as women are now the majority of college attendee's- they make up 54%! And climbing...

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